Stock Condition Surveyor

Salary: Circa £38,000
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Head Office - West Didsbury
Benefits: Competitive pension, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for public transport plus much more.

You will have a key role in helping us keep our Stock Condition information accurate and up to date in support of Great Places’ corporate plan, asset management strategy and investment programmes. You will carry out Stock Condition and HHSRS surveys, undertake desktop and site data quality audits. Working collaboratively with regional colleagues you will help the Strategic Asset and Investment Manager maintain our stock portfolio data to the highest quality in support of our 30-year business plan.

What you’ll need:

• A relevant building surveying qualification to a minimum HNC/HND level.
• Experience of Stock Condition or building surveying in the social or private housing sector, using asset management software and handheld devices.
• Experience of delivering high levels of service to internal and external customers.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to complete tasks in an accurate and timely manner when working under pressure.
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills to deal with all customer and colleague enquiries.
• Experience of managing minor/major works projects.
• Full driving licence and own vehicle.

What we need from you:

• Empathy with our tenants and residents and willingness to deliver exceptional customer service
• A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing
• A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities
• Carrying out detailed Stock Condition surveys to a wide variety of assets, collecting and recording data accurately.
• Providing technical advice and building surveying support to assist colleagues and teams across the business, including property appraisals, home improvement requests and major aids and adaptations.
• Supporting the Strategic Asset & Investment Manager in continuously improving the collection and interpretation of our stock information through data cleansing reviews.
• Supporting the delivery of investment and maintenance programmes through managing small and medium scale improvement projects, including contractor management, pre and post work inspections, oversight of health and safety compliance in line with CDM, and processing of financial claims.
• Producing property reports, highlighting any issues that would affect the sustainability of the stock, including workmanship, materials, design or building construction.
• Providing data and reports to support effective decisions on divesting and acquiring housing
• A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity
• An ability to work in uncertainty.
• To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity

What we will give you in return for your hard work and commitment

• Pension | DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)
• WPA | Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members
• Annual leave |Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays
• Ways of working | We offer some Hybrid and flexible working
• Reward & Recognition | You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’ | Compliance based training bonuses paid annually
• Professional Fees |?The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague
• The Market Place |High street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more
• Health and Wellbeing Initiatives |?Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing

Great Places Housing Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all our colleagues to share this commitment. All successful applicant(s) will be subject to a basic criminal records background check. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding children/young people & vulnerable adults can be found in the Great Places Housing Group Safeguarding Policy & Recruitment Policy on our website.

Please note we are looking to hold interviews on Thursday 11th April.

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