Maintenance Technician/Handyperson (mobile)
Department: Asset Management
Role: Housing and Support
Contract Term: Permanent
Date posted: 14 October 2025
Closing date: 5 November 2025
Employment hours: 34.5 hours per week
Shift pattern: Monday to Friday
Salary: 28,686.06
Benefits:
- 7 weeks holidays including public holidays
- Training opportunities
- Attractive pension scheme
- Blue Light Card Discount
Location: 4 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2HG
Reporting directly to the Working Chargehand, you will be responsible for ensuring VHA’s assets are maintained to agreed standards of service delivery.
You will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of a range of building safety, caretaking and handyperson services. You will be allocated tasks of a varied nature according to your skill set which will include but won’t be limited to minor joinery, plumbing and maintenance works, painting and other minor works across our housing complexes, care homes and offices.
You will ensure all properties are maintained to agreed standards in relation to Health and Safety compliance with the responsibility of recording safety tests and inspections with logbooks and inspection reports.
You will be responsible for ensuring our buildings are safe, clean and clear of obstructions, documenting your tasks and inspecting and reporting repair and maintenance concerns to the Assets Team for further escalation to contractors.
More details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification.
Please be aware there is a business requirement to work 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4.30pm on a Friday to provide the expected level of customer service. Please note this is a mobile role across Edinburgh and Fife and you will be expected to have and maintain a full driving license.
Our organisational values and behaviours expect all our staff to be able to work with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds with an approachable and solution-oriented style; keen to support and drive the development of a positive working culture across the organisation and able to represent the organisation in all that they do.
How to Apply
To apply for the vacancy, you must complete our online application form - we do not accept CV's.
When completing the form please refer to our Job Description and Person Specification as we are looking for you to evidence and demonstrate in the personal statement section of our online application why you are the best person for this role.