Technical Assistant

Post title

Technical Assistant

Post No

4445

Salary

Starting from £29,542 to £32,046 per annum

Grade

Grade 4

Hours

37 hours per week

Place of work

Commerce Way, Lancing - covering the Adur District

Closing date

20th October 2026 at 23:55 pm

Interviews

TBC

At Adur & Worthing Councils, we are embarking on a vital transformation journey. Following a comprehensive redesign of Adur Homes, we are overhauling our housing operations to deliver an outstanding service for our 2,500 residents. Our mission is to build a compliant, highly competent workforce that ensures every tenant lives in a safe, secure, and well-maintained home. With a formal regulatory inspection on the horizon this financial year, we are investing directly in our frontline technical and administrative operations.

As a Technical Assistant, you will work closely with the Resources & Performance Team Leader to provide crucial administrative and operational support across our technical and repairs teams. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our housing stock remains fully compliant across key statutory areas, including:

• Fire Safety & Risk Assessments

• Asbestos Management

• Electrical Safety & Testing

• Gas Safety & Servicing

• Water Hygiene & Legionella Control

• Lifts & LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations)

In this varied role, you will manage compliance documentation, coordinate repair schedules, maintain accurate data records, and handle technical correspondence to ensure all safety standards are rigorously met. Prior knowledge or experience in landlord compliance, property repairs, or housing administration is a distinct advantage; however, full training and ongoing support will be provided to enable the right candidate to succeed.

Your manager will empower you to apply our core principles: resilience, adaptability, and participation to your daily working practices as we drive positive change across Adur Homes.

Expectations of Post Holder

• Willingness to embrace change and adapt to new ways of working.

• Enthusiasm for collaboration, working across teams and partnerships to help deliver Our Plan.

• Act with honesty and openness, bringing the courage to contribute ideas and get involved.

• Passion for service excellence, putting the safety and experience of our residents first.

• Proactive development, actively engaging in performance conversations and embracing learning opportunities.

• Living our core values:

  • We listen

  • We say what we think & do what we say

  • We are inclusive & kind

  • We are ambitious

  • We think & act beyond ourselves and our service

  • We are a team

Why Join Us?

This is your opportunity to apply your organisational and technical skills where they matter most. We offer a supportive and adaptive working environment driven by kindness and compassion. Through our Blended Working Policy, you will benefit from the flexibility to manage your workload effectively alongside your personal life.

If you bring excellent administrative skills, attention to detail, and the enthusiasm to support our housing safety standards, apply today to join a team that puts our 2,500 residents first.

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

• Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement

• Local Government Pension

• Training & development

• Occupational Health

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Employee resource groups/networks

• Buddy Support Programme

• Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.

Fair, Green & Local - Please see link below to our corporate plan with our key priorities for Adur and Worthing (2025-2028):

https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/fair-green-and-local/