Housing Centre, Eastergate Road, Moulescoomb, Brighton (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£37,336 - £40,221
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Job introduction
Do you have an eye for detail and experience of surveying, do you want to help improve the housing standards across our city and increase our resident satisfaction? Are you passionate about increasing standards in council housing?
If so, we would welcome your application to join the Business and Performance Team as a Surveyor.
You will be part of the Housing Investment & Asset Management Service which delivers a wide range of projects across asset management, sustainability and energy, mechanical & electrical and planned and major capital works for our housing stock of approximately 12,500 properties.
The aim of the service is to focus on improving housing quality and supply, achieving carbon reductions, improving the services and living conditions of our residents and reducing homelessness across the city.
Now is a great time to join Brighton & Hove City Council as we expand our housing team to deliver our exciting strategic plans for Housing into the future.
For an informal discussion, please contact Marcus Richardson - Quality Assurance Manager on Mob: 07500 982823 or via email: marcus.richardson@brighton-hove.gov.uk
About the role
The role of Surveyor will be to:
- Assess and manage land aquisition applications
- To investigate and assess insurance claims against the Housing Investment and Asset Management service
- To investigate and respond to complaints and enquiries for the Housing Investment and Asset Management service
- To assess and approve or decline tenant and leaseholder alteration applications
- Survey work where issues have been identified from residents or stakeholders outside the organisation
You will work within the Business & Performance Team team to undertake general property surveys and produce reports in connection with maintenance & improvement work the council undertakes.
You may also be asked to participate in showing resident inspectors completed pieces of work for them to look at in empty homes, new homes and work delivered through our capital programmes.
In return for your skills and hard work, we offer:
- A standard working week of 37 hours per week
- A full induction and development
- Flexi time
- Paid annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Rental Deposit scheme
Please note that while the job is currently hybrid working, there is a possibility that this may change in the future to full time work out of the office. Current working arrangements require you to work from the office a minimum of 3 days a week.
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us
Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.
Company information
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).