Housing Standards Surveyor Level 3 Retrofit (Improvements)

Salary: £37,035 - £41,511per annum

Grade: JK

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Richmond, Harrogate, and Selby

Our Service

At North Yorkshire Council, we take pride in maintaining our social housing portfolio of approximately 8,500 homes to the highest standards. The purpose of our Service is to provide quality, affordable, healthy, and sustainable homes that meet the present and future needs of all our tenants and government guidelines in terms of energy performance.

The Housing Standards team consists of five closely linked areas of housing expertise: construction, repairs, improvements, contract management, and safety. Each team consists of suitably qualified, skilled, and experienced trade operatives, surveyors, contract supervisors, and Team Leaders, all managed by Housing Standards Managers for each work area.

The role

As a Level 3 Surveyor working on our Retrofit Programmes within the Improvement Team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the council's housing assets are maintained and brought up to the council's energy performance of a C to meet all current statutory, regularity, and legislative standards. We are hiring for senior-level positions and are predominantly experienced around the retrofitting of domestic dwellings or coordination of Capital Works programmes to a high level of engagement and customer care, offering opportunities to contribute to meaningful work and advance your career.

The core focus of this job is to assist in the delivery of our housing retrofit programmes to help the Council achieve its goals of bringing its housing stock up to energy performance of C by 2030.

The job will require the successful applicant to work within a small team under the Housing Standards Team Leader, Carrying out Retrofit Surveys, working with the council's Retrofit coordinators and trade workforce, along with managing the customer's expectations with excellent communication in the successful delivery of energy efficiency installation measures to ensure that the council's housing stock is brought up to a minimum of EPC C, alongside taking a fabric first approach to ensuring that all properties are free of defects making them a comfortable, affordable and of a decent homes standard.

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What you will bring.

·You will know current best practices in social housing relating to tenant safety and decent home standards, along with a good solid knowledge and proven background in the construction industry.

· Experience in delivering quality housing repair works, a good knowledge and experience of surveying within retrofit or coordination of capital works programmes, along with the current requirements around the delivery of a successful programme.

·Excellent communication and IT skills are essential for this role, both written and oral, with the ability to problem solve and find pragmatic solutions., Tenant liaison is a key essential for this role, along with having an empathetic attitude and good customer service skills.

Essential:

· IOSH Managing Safely, Level 4 qualification in Surveying or compliance, e.g. Quantity Surveyor, HHSRS, and Retrofit Accredited.

· Understanding of Building Control and Planning Legislation. Experienced in specifying routine works in domestic properties.

Desirable:

·CAD user, NEBOHS, Prince2, HNC Construction and the Built Environment, MCIOB. Knowledge in housing management, project management, disrepair claims, and use of asset management systems.

·Personal Attributes: Proactive, a strong problem solver, and able to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities effectively. High levels of customer care. Able to maintain confidentiality.

Working for us

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and well-being plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days, rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays.

Pension: Save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with a 22.6% contribution.

Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: Explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK's favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus lots more...

Contact and apply.

If you would like to learn more about our role, please contact Paul.Cole@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal conversation.

Key Documents

Job Description

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Key dates:

Closing date: 23/03/2025

Interview date: 31/03/2025

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

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