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About the Role
This is a career-grade opportunity for someone with some relevant building, construction, property maintenance or repairs experience who wants to develop into a professional surveying role. You’ll carry out real void surveying work from the start while developing your technical knowledge, qualifications, judgement and independence. As you demonstrate the requirements of each level, you can progress through Grades 10 and 11 to the full Grade 12 role.
Responsibilities
- Inspect empty Council homes
- Identify defects and repairs
- Prepare schedules of work
- Help make sure properties are returned to the required lettable standard as quickly and safely as possible
- Work with contractors and Housing colleagues
- Monitor works
- Carry out post-inspections
- Maintain accurate records
- Develop knowledge of construction, health and safety, CDM, schedules of rates, costs, quality and contractor performance
Requirements
- Some relevant practical experience or knowledge in building construction, property maintenance, repairs, a trade, surveying support or a comparable property-related environment
- Ability to communicate well
- Ability to organize workload
- Ability to identify and record straightforward defects
- Ability to solve practical problems
- Commitment to developing technical knowledge and qualifications
Location
- Croydon
Work Type
- Permanent
- 36 hours per week
Experience Level
- Career Grade 9–12
Salary/Compensations
- Career Grade 9 £43,449 - £ 45,123 p.a. plus fantastic benefits and progressing toward Grade 12
Benefits
- Learning and career development
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave
- Family-friendly provisions
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible/agile working where compatible with service needs
About the Company
- Croydon Council offers learning and career development, the Local Government Pension Scheme, generous annual leave, family-friendly provisions, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and flexible/agile working where compatible with service needs.
- Croydon Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services.
- Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable.
- Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses.
- Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors.
- Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice.
- Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities.
- Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning.
- Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential.
- Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home.
- People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer.
- Croydon Council’s new ways of working.
Equal Opportunity
- Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
- We guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
- Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
- As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
- Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
- The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.