Maintenance Assistant

Choice Housing is one of Northern Ireland’s leading housing associations, we employ over 500 people with a 50-year legacy of enriching lives through the provision of safe, high quality, and affordable homes. We manage over 14,000 homes and support around 40,000 tenants, delivering a wide range of housing solutions including general needs, sheltered housing, support accommodation, and homes for families with complex needs.

Maintenance Assistant(s)
37 Hours
Location: Belfast & South Down
Salary Scale: £25,878 - £27,755pa
Job Reference: MA/4976/0826

The Maintenance Assistant will be required to carry out regular health and safety inspections of schemes/buildings and complete associated documentation, carry out minor maintenance work and deliveries to schemes.

Our employees have access to a range of benefits:-

• 22 days annual leave plus an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service, and 12 public holidays,
• 6% pension contribution,
• Hybrid working opportunities for relevant roles,
• Death in service payment x3 annual salary,
• 6 months’ paid maternity leave and 2 weeks paid paternity leave
• Bereavement leave,
• Dedicated Health and Wellbeing champions/Mental Health First Aiders,
• Learning and Development opportunities,
• Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening.

Completed application forms should be returned by 5pm, Monday 31st August 2026

If you have any disability which prevents you from completing the online application form, please contact me to discuss what further assistance you require.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

*If shortlisted you will be sent an email inviting you for interview, please check the email address you have provided on the application and also your junk mail folder*

The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of essential qualifications and also provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. We are also committed to adhering to the Access NI Code of Practice/Service Level of Agreement in relation to requesting disclosure checks where appropriate and processing information in accordance with the code. Choice has a policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request (email: recruitment@choice-housing.org)

Please note, the Association reserves the right to create a reserve list following the interview process.

​​​​​​​**NB: The panel may enhance the criteria in order to facilitate short-listing of the post.**

“Choice Housing Ireland Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer”