Painter & Decorator in Manchester

Hours of Work: 40 per week (35 from Spring 2026)

Closing date: 13th March 2026

At MSV Housing, we are committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Painter and Decorators are key to making this happen. We are looking to recruit an experienced individual to join our established team.

Our Painter and Decorators provide painting and decorating works for the Group to a high and consistent standard. In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

What do our Painter and Decorators do:

• Deliver high-quality painting and decorating services across internal and external areas, including surface preparation, applying finishes, treating mould, working on timber/metal surfaces and completing minor remedial works.
• Work collaboratively with other trades to support fast void turnaround times, carry out maintenance in domestic and commercial properties, and provide excellent customer service when liaising with tenants and clients.
• Plan, assess and document work effectively, including ordering materials, completing daily records, checking customer satisfaction, interpreting drawings/measurements and participating in an out-of-hours emergency call-out rota.
• Ensure safe and compliant working practices, operating tools and machinery correctly, using PPE, reporting asbestos or faulty equipment, maintaining vehicle checks, and working in line with health and safety, data protection and regulatory requirements.
• Support operational efficiency and team development, supervising apprentices where required, maintaining equipment and vehicle stock, following organisational policies and procedures, and contributing to value-for-money service delivery.

What we are looking for:

• City and Guilds Craft or minimum NVQ level 2 in an appropriate craft based trade or substantial relevant experience.
• Experience of working as part of a multidiscipline team.
• Managing and prioritising a demanding workload.
• A friendly and professional manner.
• Customer focused and a desire to provide a high quality service.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a busy team environment.

This is a hands-on role at the heart of the service that MSV delivers to our customers, so your effective communication skills and ability to understand with empathy the diverse needs of our customers will be key. You’ll be based in the communities we serve and will work under minimum supervision and as part of a team using a flexible approach.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. As this job is based within our property care team where you’ll be entering the homes of our customers, a basic criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required. A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancy's candidate pack.

We offer a range of great benefits including:

• Company vehicle.
• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions.
• Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay.
• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career.
• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion; all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so. MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.

For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. Interview dates are to be confirmed, interviews will be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early. We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role. If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply, go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.