Radius Housing is proud to announce the launch of Radius Direct Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary established to enhance and supplement our current property maintenance operations.
Radius Direct has been created to support the delivery of essential services including servicing, planned maintenance, minor works, and repairs. The formation of this new company represents a proactive investment in improving service delivery, ensuring we can respond effectively to the growing demands of our sector and the expectations of our tenants.
Given the current housing pressures across our communities, Radius Direct will have a strong focus on void property relets, helping to minimise turnaround times and bring vacant homes back into use more efficiently. Additionally, Radius Direct will be central in delivering a range of compliance-related services, ensuring that Radius Housing continues to meet and exceed its statutory and regulatory responsibilities in an ever-evolving housing environment.
At the heart of Radius Direct will be a dedicated expert team of multi-trade operatives who will work alongside our existing staff and external contractors. This team will provide a responsive and integrated maintenance service, combining in-house expertise with trusted partnerships to ensure high-quality outcomes for our tenants.
The introduction of Radius Direct reflects Radius Housings commitment to enhancing service standards, increasing operational flexibility, and reinforcing our focus on tenant wellbeing. By bringing additional capacity in-house, we aim to deliver a service that is not only efficient and compliant but also proactive and community-centred.
General Maintenance Operative
The General Maintenance Operative will deliver high-quality property clearance, cleaning, grounds maintenance, estate services, minor repairs and general property-support services across social housing properties, ensuring homes and communal environments are safe, clean, secure, well maintained and ready for occupation. The role involves working across occupied and void properties, estates and communal areas and supporting Radius Direct responsive, void and planned maintenance services.
Hours:40 hours per week
Location: Belfast based with occasional travel throughout Northern Ireland
Salary: £31,000-£32,000
To view the full job description and selection criteria, please visit the job listing on our careers page.
The Association
Radius Housing provides quality and affordable social housing in over 80 towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland. We provide a range of services from sheltered housing for the over 55s and general needs housing for families and single people, as well as specialist care and support facilities for the frail, elderly, people with dementia and learning disabilities and other complex needs.
Our aim is to be an employer of choice and to recruit employees who will embrace our vision and values and fulfil our performance standards within their role.
To be shortlisted candidates need to provide evidence of the following as a minimum:
- Proven practical experience in property clearance, cleaning, grounds or estate services, building maintenance, void-property works or a comparable operational environment.
- Demonstrable ability to undertake practical property, cleaning, clearance, grounds or minor maintenance tasks safely and to an acceptable standard.
- Competent and safe use of relevant hand tools and approved portable power tools.
- Ability to diagnose straightforward defects, identify appropriate action within the roles competence boundaries and escalate specialist work.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, particularly when working in tenants homes or with customers who may require additional support.
- Ability to work independently, organise daily work, manage materials and meet appointments and target timescales.
- Ability to use a smartphone, PDA or mobile job-management system and maintain accurate notes and photographs.
- A current full UK driving licence and ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.*
*Where an applicant indicates that a disability prohibits them from driving, this criterion will be waived at the shortlisting stage. In such circumstances, consideration will be given in any subsequent offer of appointment to suitable alternative arrangements that the candidate may be able to put in place to meet the travel requirements of the post.
In return we offer a range of benefits to employees including great on-job training, a contributory pension scheme, a health cash plan which can provide help with dental, optician and medical costs (including cover for dependent children in full time education up to 18 years of age), free employee health checks and a Cycle to Work scheme. Flexibility regarding working hours is also offered in some areas of the business. As well as this, a company van, uniform and PPE will be provided. Radius Direct offers 25 days annual leave, along with 8 statutory days leave.
For further information on employee benefits, please visit our careers page.
To apply for this role, please send your CV through to our recruitment email address (this is included in the job listing on our website) with the title ‘General Maintenance Operative’.
You can also send any other documents that will support your application.
Alternatively, you can apply directly through our website by clicking Apply Online’.
Closing date for Applications is midnight on 9th July 2026.
Radius reserves the right to enhance criteria to facilitate shortlisting.
Association wide waiting lists may be compiled for future same or similar permanent / fixed term vacancies which may arise.
Radius is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Benefits:Company Van Free Uniform Pension Health Cash Plan Free Health Checks Cycle to Work
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