Job Introduction
Building Surveyor Experience? Strong IT and people skills? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
The NHG Planned Investment Directorate is passionate about delivering the highest quality planned maintenance service which puts value for money, digital efficiency and great resident experience at the heart of everything we do.
We’re are looking for a high calibre Building Surveyor to join our centralised Building Projects Team in London on a one-year fixed term basis.
Main Responsibility
You’ll provide a professional building consultancy service, working with a diverse range of residential properties in a dynamic area. This is a varied role, you’ll be out and about visiting properties to assess programmes of works and supervising contractors to ensure that works are completed on time, on budget and to the highest quality.
You will be required to carry out full building surveys and produce high quality reports that are complaint with the Civil Procedure Rules and work closely with our Legal Case Workers in response to Legal Disrepair claims. You will be expected to put together comprehensive schedule of works in addition to your reports. You will also be required to provide quality assurance of works in difficult Building Projects Team where we may be carrying out both small and large refurbishment projects that have undergone difficulties in the past. Working with the clients in our front-line housing teams. As well as our Senior Building Surveyor, you will work with our Senior Project Manager and Clerk of Works to provide technical support and advice.
Expect to be challenged. You’ll work in a changing environment and so we need a flexible thinker with the ability to solve the complex problems associated with building surveying. You’ll need to use your skills in surveying, project management & IT to deliver complex and responsive repairs and projects. As a technical expert, you’ll be trusted to make sound recommendations and manage repairs across a range of residential buildings which vary in style and age.
The Ideal Candidate
You’ll be a confident communicator who is comfortable explaining recommendations to colleagues and residents verbally and in detailed technical reports with regards to Legal Disrepair and difficult buildings. You’ll collaborate within your team, with colleagues right across our organisation, and with external third parties to ensure we deliver a high-quality service for our residents at the best value, so we can invest further in our portfolio.
Strong people skills are essential. As well as working with colleagues in different departments and external third parties, you’ll be interacting with residents, often as the face of NHG, when assessing issues and visiting their property. A good knowledge of IT systems will be more important as we change and develop how we work in this digital age.
Advert Closing Date - Monday 05 June 2023
About the Company
Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 66,000 homes and employ around 2,000 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future.
Our people
We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.
How to apply
We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level. The pledge on Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.
We have under-representation of BAME colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage BAME candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.
We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation’
Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online or require any reasonable adjustments in the application process, please contact our HR team via jobs@nhg.org.uk to discuss your requirements.
