Maintenance Person

Please note this is a fixed term position until the end of December 2026 Working hours: 32 hours per week Interview Date: To be confirmed Founders House Lifehouse is seeking an experienced and proactive Maintenance Person to join our Homelessness Services Team in Whitechapel. We provide residential supported accommodation for up to 123 adult men experiencing homelessness, and this role is central to ensuring our service operates safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. About the Role: The Maintenance Person is responsible for delivering planned and reactive maintenance in line with the annual inspection and planned maintenance reports. You will also carry out day-to-day repairs and respond to emergency maintenance issues, helping to ensure our accommodation remains safe, well-maintained, and welcoming for residents and staff. This is a varied and hands-on role that is essential to the smooth running of our accommodation-based service, ensuring that repairs and maintenance are completed promptly and to a high standard. To be successful in this role you will;

• Have experience in maintenance, building, or a similar hands-on role
• Be able to manage your workload effectively and respond to emergency repairs
• Work in a trauma-sensitive, strengths-based way, within a psychologically informed environment
• Demonstrate behaviours that reflect our values of integrity, accountability, compassion, passion, respect, and boldness Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, a criminal record check (DBS: Enhanced Adult DBS Disclosure) and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK in line with Home Office requirements. As we are not a licensed sponsor, applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Details on how to prove your Right to Work can be found here.
  Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration. We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.