Handyperson

Job Title: Handyperson
Starting Salary: £24,413 per annum
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

Do you enjoy and have experience in property maintenance and repairs? We are looking for a handy person to join our team, who will be working within short break service for adults with various disabilities, staff office areas and other onsite buildings used by staff and people we support.

About the role

The handy person’s role is to ensure the buildings, outside areas and environments are:

• Meet H&S and HCC requirements
• Well maintained
• Fixtures and fittings are in good order and areas are in good state of decoration
• Residential areas are homely

Other general job responsibilities:

• Plan and prioritise tasks
• Working from a folder where staff detail jobs required
• Collection of materials for jobs required
• Driving of our pool car to collect items for repairs and impromptu trips in the pool car required in response to short notice emergencies alongside support staff
• General maintenance such as gardening, decorating, carpentry tasks, putting together furniture, window cleaning, changing lightbulbs and salting grounds during cold weather
• Responding flexibly to emergencies during the day
• Use of tools and power tools which are provided
• Working closely with contractors employed by the housing provider
• Good ICT skills to enable reporting of repairs via email and organisation skills to ensure all local records are kept up to date
• Reporting and monitoring repairs both internally and via the housing association according to procedures in place

By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on both the people we support and our staff. Your positive, problem-solving attitude will help ensure our environments are always safe, well-maintained, and welcoming

About you

Essential:

• Full Driving Licence
• Experience with property maintenance

Desirable

• Knowledge of Health and Safety
• Experience of Painting and Decorating
• Experience with furniture building
• Experience working in a social care setting

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Operational Services, level OPS2 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Operational services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Vicki.Edwards@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: week commencing 1 December 2025

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.