Apprentice Property Maintenance Handyperson Team

Apprentice Property Maintenance Handyperson Team - 7890

Contract Type: 2.5 Year Fixed Term Contract, 35 hours per week

Reporting Office:
West Ham Lane, Stratford, London

Working

Location:

London North Region

Persona:
Mobile:
Contractual hours to be worked from various L&Q locations with ad hoc office attendance as required

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Non-contributory life assurance
• Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• Lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Many more

The L&Q Apprenticeship Programme has been designed to help you get the career you have always wanted. This role provides the opportunity to start a new career path with a valued-led organisation that will support you to learn and develop throughout the programme and beyond.

We are currently recruiting for three Apprentice Handyperson roles across the London North region. As an Apprentice you’ll carry out a range of basic repairs, maintenance and improvement tasks across L&Q properties, helping to ensure homes and communal areas are safe, well‑maintained, and provide a positive experience for residents.

L&Q’s Handy person Property Maintenance apprenticeships will be offered within the following areas this year:

• North – Enfield, Barnet, Haringey, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham
• North‑East – Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Havering
• West – Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Slough, Reading, Basingstoke

As an Apprentice Handyperson, you will receive training to enable you to support the team in providing a first-class service to our customers. You will be expected to assist in a broad range of fundamental trade skills, including carpentry, joinery, plumbing, plastering, brick and block work, external works. You will also be doing associated finishing trades, including tiling, painting, and decorating.

The successful candidates will be working under instruction and supervision. With the aim for being about to eventually taking responsibility for their own work (where appropriate, and within their assessed abilities and skill set). This will include carrying out day‑to‑day repairs, working with wood‑based materials and associated products to learn to create and install building components assisting with installations and repairs.

This role offers a 2.5‑year fixed term contract during which time you will undertake a Level 2, Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship.

• Enthusiasm for the role and L&Q
• Willingness to learn and grow with a positive attitude to working within a busy maintenance team
• Desire to deliver high quality work, customer focused and right first‑time attitude
• Willingness to study to gain a qualification and be keen to learn new skills to progress their career
• Ability to use own initiative, to work independently, as well as being a good team player
• Good problem‑solving skills
• Responsible and enthusiastic attitude
• Desire to work within a diverse forward‑thinking environment with diverse internal and external customers
• Interest in using electronic media, (PDA /Email) and associated IT systems
• A flexible and organised approach to work
• GCSEs in English and Maths, Grade C / Grade 4 or above preferred but not essential

• Must be able to work in the UK
• To qualify for apprenticeship funding, the individual must have a valid and eligible residency status. This usually requires residency in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the apprenticeship
• Candidates will be given a start date in August

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email

For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for or be in possession of a basic Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. For further information about the Disclosure Barring Service please visit

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