Driver/Labourer

Working hours: 37 hours per week, 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Schedule type: This is a site-based role covering areas from Croydon down to Brighton, depending on repair jobs. Jobs are scheduled efficiently using a planning system, with your home (or an agreed starting point within the operating area) as the base location.

The Role

Are you ready to take pride in your work and play a key role in delivering vital property services?

We’re looking for a Driver / Labourer to support our busy Repairs and Voids teams, helping to keep jobs running smoothly across a range of properties. You’ll assist with transporting operatives, tools, and materials, while providing hands-on support to our trades teams to ensure work is completed safely and efficiently.

You’ll play a key role in supporting day-to-day operations, helping the team deliver jobs efficiently and on time.

This is more than a job—it’s an opportunity to be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and customer focus. At Raven, we empower our people to lead with purpose. You’ll join an organisation that values belonging, ownership, and collaboration—where your voice matters and your impact is felt across our communities. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture and our commitment to professional development.

What you’ll be doing

• Support Repairs and Voids teams with general labouring duties across occupied and empty properties
• Supporting larger repair works, including fencing, brickwork, and clearance of bulky waste from sites
• Carrying out manual handling tasks safely, including moving materials and equipment across sites
• Safely transport operatives, tools, and materials to and from job sites
• Assist with a range of maintenance and repair tasks, working both independently and as part of a team
• Use scheduling systems and digital devices to update job progress accurately
• Maintain tools and equipment, ensuring they are used safely and kept in good condition.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who:

• Good knowledge of local areas and ability to use navigation tools
• Previous experience in a labouring or construction environment, with the ability to safely use basic tools
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a reliable and proactive approach
• Strong awareness of health and safety practices, particularly around manual handling
• Full clean UK driving licence
• Proven experience driving a van or 3.5 tonne vehicle (such as a cage tipper) is essential.

Why join Raven?

At Raven, we’re more than just a housing association — we’re a community-focused organisation committed to creating positive change. You’ll be joining a supportive, forward-thinking team where your ideas and expertise will genuinely make a difference.

You will also share our values: earning trust by being open and accountable, listening with an open mind, working collaboratively, and caring about making things better.

What Raven will offer in return

To create a great experience for our customers, we need to create a great experience for one another. What Raven offers goes beyond the ordinary, giving you the opportunity to join a community of people who share the same values and are passionate about making a difference.

Our reward package includes:

• Competitive salaries
• Fantastic work/life balance with flexible working and generous leave entitlement
• Strong focus on learning and development, with opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
• Funded health cash plan
• Extensive wellbeing support
• Voucher-based recognition scheme
• Retail discounts

Raven are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications form all candidates, including minority ethnics, the LBGTQ+ community, people with disabilities and long-term health conditions, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Further information

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. If you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description for this position and would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.

All data collected is anonymous and has zero bearing on your application. If there is anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know in your application.

Selection process

Your application will progress through the following stages:

1.Application Review

Your CV and supporting documents will be reviewed by Reed Recruitment against the essential criteria outlined in the Skills & Experience section of this advert.

Please ensure your CV clearly demonstrates how you meet the required criteria in order to be considered.

2.Telephone / Microsoft Teams Interview

If shortlisted, you will be invited to an initial telephone interview. During this stage, you will be assessed against the Skills & Experience criteria and your overall suitability for the position.

3.Assessment Centre

Successful candidates will be invited to attend a face-to-face Assessment Centre, which will take place on one of the following dates:

• 3rd July 2026 - TBC

This is the final stage of the selection process and will determine the outcome of your application.

4.Feedback

Feedback will be provided following the Assessment Centre stage.

Please note that feedback is only available to candidates who attend the Assessment Centre. Successful candidates will then be considered for an offer.