ABOUT USThe Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Guinness Property, our in-house maintenance service, delivers repairs to 55,000 of our homes. Our national teams deliver rapid-response housing repairs, maintenance, and improvement services to ensure our customers' homes are safe and maintained to a high standard.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTIONWe have a new opportunity for an Area Planner to join our established team within Guinness Property providing a high quality, planning and co-ordination service for Responsive Repairs.
Based in Chesterfield, this is a temporary 5-month fixed term contract and full-time position working 8am-5pm Monday-Thursday and 8am-4pm on Friday. Hybrid working is available.
What we are looking forWe are a customer-focussed organisation, so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do.
You will not only be an experienced Planner, but you will also have great customer service and organisational skills.
You will also be able to demonstrate:
- Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
- Experience of working within agreed performance targets.
- Excellent oral and written communications.
- Proven ability to work methodically, follow agreed procedures and accurately record data and information.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure.
- Experience of working with databases.
- Experience of working in social housing.
- The Guinness Behaviours.
Desirable:
- Experience of working with large volume data processing activities.
- Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
- Experience of working with subcontractors.
- Excellent organisation and time management skills.
- Experience of working with invoices / accounts.
If you are interested in joining us and would like to apply for this role, please review the role profile to view all the key responsibilities and to ensure you meet the essential criteria.
Benefits• Holidays We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
• Competitive Pension Scheme We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
• Benefits Portal We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
• Performance Pay Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
• Life Assurance For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
• Health Plan Options There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
• VDU/DSE Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
• Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
• Professional subscription annual payment
• Travel season ticket loan
• Car lease scheme
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