Cairn Housing Association
Cairn Housing Association

Charity registered in Scotland SC016647

We are a not-for-profit charity whose mission is simple – to make affordable housing more accessible to more people in need of a home of their own. Across Scotland, we provide vital accommodation and landlord services, helping to foster genuine local communities that don’t just improve where people live, but how they live too.

Current vacancies

ICT Technical Specialist

  • Full time
  • £30,164 – £31,752
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh
  • Closing 23rd October 2026

We are looking for a technically focused individual to fill an exciting role within our ICT and Digital Transformation Team.

At Cairn Housing Association, we’re passionate about creating great homes, delivering great services and offering great opportunities for our people.

We are currently looking for an ICT Technical Specialist to provide first and Second level support. We are looking for a person who: will provide excellent customer service, is a team player, is organised, and pays attention to detail. This role might suit a newly graduated candidate of someone who has worked in first and second like support looking to expand their expertise.

Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Do:

Principle Duties and Responsibilities include:

  • Working in ICT Service Desk
  • ICT Support for Cairn Users
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Asset Management
  • Desktop Support and Cloud Support
  • Assisting Officers on Projects

Requirements – What We’re Looking For:

  • HND level or other relevant qualification or 2 years relevant experience in a similar ICT Support role.
  • Experience providing ICT support, troubleshooting technical issues, and assisting users in a workplace, placement, apprenticeship, voluntary, or educational environment.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Services, M365 products and licensing, specifically SharePoint and good understanding of cloud technologies (XaaS)
  • Disclosure Scotland and Right to Work checks are mandatory for this role

Employee Benefits: Why Join Cairn?

We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive. Here’s what you can expect:

  • Flexible and hybrid working options.
  • Health and wellbeing support.
  • Tech and cycle-to-work schemes.
  • Compassionate leave and more.

We value diversity and warmly welcome applications from all communities. Cairn is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

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Court Co-ordinator

  • Part time
  • £29,960 – £31,538 pro-rata
  • On site: Condor Court, Carnoustie
  • Closing 3rd November 2026

At Cairn Housing Association, we’re passionate about creating great homes, delivering great services and offering great opportunities for our people.

We are currently looking for a Court Coordinator to provide a high standard of customer service to our tenants, customers and colleagues. To maintain the day-to-day running of the Court in accordance with Cairn HA’s policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Do:

Principle Duties and Responsibilities include:

  • Deliver housing management services within the Court in accordance with policy and procedure, to deliver a high level of customer service whilst maintaining compliance to Health and Safety, to meet our agreed KPI’s, SLA’s and legislative requirements.
  • Maintain delegated management of low level anti-social behaviour within Court to assist Housing Officer in the overall housing management responsibility – escalating complex cases requiring further investigation to the Housing Officer to resolve any anti-social issues.
  • Assist Housing Officer with rent queries to assist with Income Maximisation.
  • Conduct viewings with prospective tenants.
  • Manage, develop and motivate onsite Court Staff to ensure that work is carried out to a high standard, whilst providing a high level of customer service.

Requirements – What We’re Looking For:

  • Significant level of experience in delivering a customer focused service.
  • IT literacy – MS Office Applications.
  • Line Management experience
  • Awareness of Health and Safety and security requirements and ability to maintain records.
  • Advance, diverse communication skills, awareness of GDPR requirements and ability to assess, prioritise workload to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Disclosure Scotland and Right to Work checks are mandatory for this role

Employee Benefits: Why Join Cairn?

We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive. Here’s what you can expect:

  • Flexible and hybrid working options.
  • Health and wellbeing support.
  • Tech and cycle-to-work schemes.
  • Compassionate leave and more.

We value diversity and warmly welcome applications from all communities. Cairn is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

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Maintenance Officer (Irvine)

  • Full time
  • £44,241
  • Hybrid: Irvine
  • Closing 6th November 2026

Cairn is seeking an experienced Maintenance Officer to deliver an effective service within the Maintenance Team, providing excellent customer service through face-to-face interactions, telephone calls and written communications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support and assist the Maintenance Manager with the delivery of the repairs contracts and ensure repairs are completed on time and meet a high standard.
  • Monitor and supervise specialist contractors undertaking non-standard repairs and ensure safety, certification, quality and completion of all works before final invoices are payable and in line with agreed costs and our designated budgets.
  • Provide delivery of void repairs process.
  • Supervision, task allocation, quality control and any other duties requested by Maintenance manager in regard to our Estate caretaker service.
  • Provide advice, guidance and permission in line with relevant policies and procedures such as alterations or rechargeable repairs to ensure a consistent service is provided.
  • Deliver partnership working across the organisation to improve performance and ensure collaborative work and a consistency of service.
  • Responsible for the delivery of insurance works
  • Deliver effective customer service, to ensure we meet our agreed Key Performance Indicators, Service Level Agreements and in line with legislative requirements.
  • Perform effective data management to enable accurate reporting and monitoring on our repairs budget and rechargeable and recoverable costs are claimed through third party sources, such as Scottish Government for medical adaptations or insurable works.

Requirements – What We’re Looking For:

  • Educated to HND level or other relevant professional qualifications or substantial experience in property and asset management systems. Experience in property and asset management systems to ensure the upkeep of stock condition data.
  • Awareness and understanding of Awaabs Law within The Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026.
  • An understanding of or able to reference the following: COSHH, IOSH, CDM2015, Gas Safe level 2, Electrical safety awareness, Fire safety awareness, Legionella control, Asbestos Control.
  • We are seeking someone who has Project management experience and understanding
  • Ability to work under pressure, co-ordinate a varied and complex workload in a busy office environment.
  • Clerk of Work experience would be desirable.
  • Full UK Drivers Licence with access to a vehicle.
  • A Basic Disclosure is required for this role.

Employee Benefits: Why Cairn is the Best Place to Work

Join Cairn and enjoy a range of benefits including flexible and hybrid working, health and wellness support, tech and cycle schemes, compassionate leave, and more!

Cairn HA is passionate about creating equal opportunities for everyone and warmly invites applications from all community members.

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