Electrician (Urgent Repairs)

Salary £43,345 + Excellent Benefits

Location High Wycombe, Chesham + travel to properties across our portfolio

The Vacancy

Due to significant growth and our recent successful hiring campaign for two Electricians in our Urgent Repairs team, we’re excited to announce newly created roles within our Direct Labour Operation (DLO). Our Reactive Repairs team is once again expanding, and we’re now recruiting for a third Electrician to join us on a permanent basis (42.5 hours per week).

If you're a qualified Electrician who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working independently, and takes pride in delivering excellent customer service, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing:

Responding to a high volume of emergency and reactive electrical repairs in our customers’ homes.
Working mostly alone, with occasional team-ups for larger or more complex jobs.
Diagnosing and resolving faults quickly and effectively, aiming for a first-time fix.
Maintaining accurate records and completing all necessary documentation.
Representing Paradigm professionally and courteously at all times.
Ensuring all work is carried out safely and in line with current regulations.
Keeping your van stocked and tools in good order.
Optionally participating in out-of-hours work (voluntary, not required).

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

City & Guilds 2365 (essential) or equivalent qualification.
18th Edition Wiring Regulations
Experience in housing repairs and maintenance
Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills
A full, clean UK driving licence
Excellent communication and customer service skills
Ability to work independently and under pressure
Basic understanding of Health & Safety legislation

Bonus if you also have:

City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing

Why join Paradigm?

Be part of a growing, supportive team making a real difference in people’s lives.
Work with a respected housing provider committed to quality and customer care.
Enjoy a role with variety, autonomy, and the opportunity to develop your skills.
Access to a company van, tools and uniform
Optional overtime for those who want to boost their earnings.

Area of Operations:
Paradigm Housing Group manages a diverse portfolio of 17,000 properties located across Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Greater London, and surrounding areas. In this role, you will be required to travel throughout our property network to carry out Electrical repairs and ensure the continued safety and integrity of our homes.

Ready to Apply?
For full details, including the job description and person specification, please refer to the attachment at the bottom of this page. As part of our application process, we ask that you use to personal statement/cover letter section to detail how your experience relates to the role.

Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we identify suitable candidates before the advertised closing date.

About us

We are Paradigm Housing Group.

We manage more than 17,000 homes across the South East.

We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high, both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.

As a charity, the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.

We are a Best Companies two-star accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We are clearly focused on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including delivering one of the sector’s largest digital transformation programmes, improving our environment and sustainability targets and delivering more quality homes to people who need them.

Our benefits

Holidays – 25 days rising to 30 with length of service (30 days starting for senior roles) plus an extra three paid days off between Christmas and New Year, and the opportunity to buy up to another five days.
Pension scheme: a defined contribution scheme with employer contributions of 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee’s contribution rate.
Car leasing scheme.
Annual bonus potential.
1 paid professional subscription per year.
Family friendly policies including generous paternity, maternity, shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more.
Health cash plan – worth over £1,800 per year. Includes dental, optical, prescriptions and flu jabs, physiotherapy, chiropractic therapy, reflexology, Sports massage and more.
Hybrid working for many roles.
Up to three paid Giving Back (volunteer) Days a year.
Modern collaborative offices, with free parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
Opportunities for career development and progression.
Social events such as quiz nights, Christmas Party, Summer BBQ.

Our Vision

We provide excellent services to customers.

And build new homes to help more people.

We make sure our homes are safe and sustainable.

And strive to do more by making the most of our resources.

Working For Us

Our Values

Safer Together

The safety of our customers, colleagues and ourselves is a priority in everything we do.

Driving Improvement

We seek to do things better and deliver value to our customers.

Working As One

We work collaboratively with others and also take personal responsibility for delivering outcomes for our customers, colleagues and stakeholders.

Acting Thoughtfully

We make ourselves aware of our customers’ and colleagues’ circumstances, and consider this thoughtfully and respectfully, and with attention to the impact on the environment, when taking action.

Being Clear

We will communicate in a clear and consistent manner so that our customers, colleagues and stakeholders understand the high standards that we work to.