CleanStart Driver Mentor

Trafford Housing Trust (THT) is an independent housing company providing more than 9,000 quality affordable homes within the Trafford area of Manchester. We are a “profit-for-purpose” organisation, striving for a society transformed, free from poverty, inequality and injustice. We are also a Times Top 100 employer and have Gold status IIP accreditation.

THT are looking for enthusiastic and motivated people whose passion is to make a real difference. We believe in delivering excellent customer and community services and need people who are looking for a challenging career in which they can excel and take pride. THT is more than just a landlord. We are a force for good, driven by social justice, inspiring people and neighbourhoods to be the best they can be.

The Role

CleanStart, Social Enterprise, are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Driver Mentor to join our busy team. Working as part of our CleanStart team, you will carry out collections, deliveries and connections of white goods. A qualification to complete PAT testing is desirable as this is a key task of the role. There will also be repair and upcycling of furniture and white goods to be carried out and training will be available where required.

As a Driver Mentor you will be tasked with leading the local team on site, mentoring volunteers and new staff members with a diverse background and actively developing the team by giving constructive feedback. You will be responsible for ensuring our customer standards are delivered, time on site is recorded and that the customers experience of our service is positive. You will be a proactive member of the team, actively learning from customer feedback to improve the service delivery. You will have an excellent attention to detail, to ensure that high standards of customer satisfaction are reached. You will also ensure that all vehicles are road worthy and all operatives are working in line with health and safety.

To be considered for this role you must hold a full, clean driving licence with the ability to drive up to C1E and CPC licence.

Knowledge of COSHH law and experience of using mobile devices, such a tablets, smartphones is beneficial.  PAT test qualification desirable and a desire to develop your skills is essential. 

We have a very clear mission statement, We create clean, safe and attractive communities, a place which our customer can call home.

If you’re up for the challenge we’d love to hear from you.

What Trafford Housing Trust can offer you?

At Trafford Housing Trust, the individual skill sets and personality each person brings adds dynamism to the organisation and we actively seek to build upon this. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and we offer an attractive benefits package for employees, as well as a competitive and transparent system of pay and reward. These benefits include excellent training and development opportunities, a salary sacrifice child care voucher scheme, access to the Social Housing Defined Contribution pension scheme, annual leave allowance starting at 20 days per annum and rising to 30 days per annum with service. Following successful completion of a six month probationary period we also offer a Cycle to work scheme, Health care plan and free access to leisure facilities in the borough.

Closing Date:  29^th October 2018

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.