Planner

Chippenham

Salary – £23,244 – £25,567 per annum – depending on skills and experience

Contract type – Permanent

Working hours – Full Time

Closing Date – 21 June2022

Interview Date – TBC

About us

In April 2021, GreenSquare and Accord Housing Association merged to create a bigger, better, organisation. GreenSquareAccord was created in order to deliver our purpose of Building Better Lives. Building Better Lives means that we exist to provide the affordable homes and care services that enable people to achieve their full potential, without having to worry about the quality, affordability and safety of their housing and care.

As a charitable housing provider, we provide over 25,000 homes to more than 54,000 people. We deliver over 3 million hours of care to individuals every year. We have a geographical reach from the north east, to the south west of England. And we employ around 4,000 people.

We are committed to providing great homes and care, in a great neighbourhood, with great service.

About the role

GreenSquareAccord Limited are now seeking a Planner to join our Operations team, you as a post holder will be extracting and analysing all the available information and utilising this to the advantage of the business, making efficiency savings to reduce the cost of responsive repairs.

Your role will be varied and can involve regular re-prioritisation of work and resources to meet targets. You will require agility and creativity, however the ability to plan and manage for the longer term, showing resources effectively managed to deliver greater value for money.

You will make immediate adjustments to work programmes, keep residents informed, and update the responsive maintenance management team on how they need to adapt to meet performance targets in the longer term.

About you

You must have experience and a thorough understanding of responsive maintenance. It is essential that you have strong analytical skills and an understanding of risk and risk management.

It would be desirable if you have experience in operation of Orchard /MS Office/Business Objects or equivalent software. You must have the ability to prepare data and present it to a variety of audiences.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord Limited are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.

GreenSquareAccord Limited are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.

If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.