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JOB DESCRIPTION

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Directorate: Strategic Place

Grade: PO6

Salary: £52,584 - £55,620

Retention Bonus/ Market Supplement: N/a

Contract Type: 9 Months Fixed Term

Working hours per week: 36

Weeks per year: 39

Application Deadline: 30/12/2024

Proposed Interview Date(s): Week commencing 20th January 2025

Reference:1523

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

The role oversees and manages Damp & Mould cases, leading a team of surveyors and a business support officer to ensure timely inspections, HHSRS assessments, and performance targets are met. Responsibilities include addressing Damp & Mould repairs across LBWF's portfolio, supporting the Repairs Partnering team to maintain high standards of quality, compliance, and cost-efficiency in all repair contracts.

The position involves maintaining detailed digital records, providing reports, and updating the asset management database. A resident-focused approach is central, with close collaboration required with Building Safety Operations and Compliance teams to ensure safe, regulatorily compliant homes.

>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead the Damp & Mould team, overseeing project design, cost estimation, delivery, expenditure, and sign-off as needed.
  • Engage closely with residents to document their concerns regarding home conditions.
  • Collaborate with housing and legal teams on potential disputes and disrepair claims.
  • Conduct inspections and audits of contractors, specifically on Damp & Mould, reviewing completed work, verifying invoices, and resolving issues.
  • Prepare management reports on deficiencies, certifying snagging rectification when necessary.
  • Work closely with the Repairs Partnering team to ensure all work complies with relevant legislation, safety, quality, and productivity standards.
  • Support additional surveying functions within Housing Assets as needed.
  • Conduct consultations, identify and resolve issues, and escalate complex matters as required.
  • Process and analyze complex data, maintaining accurate records and documentation.
  • Address customer practices and mitigate risks, escalating concerns to the line manager.
  • Collate process and analyse complex information. Ensure all required records and information are maintained correctly.
  • Challenge customers' practice and minimise risk, referring concerns to line manager.

Qualifications and Requirements:

  • Experience of administering building contracts.
  • Experience of administering partnering contracts.
  • Experience of building surveying in residential environment
  • Experience of Stock Condition Surveys
  • Experience of HHSRS assessments
  • Experience of liaising with residents
  • Knowledge of Asbestos Regulations.
  • Housing legislation and regulations with particular reference to repairs, maintenance
  • Project Management Skills
  • Applying Health & Safety, Customer Care and Communications policies appropriately
  • IT literate, particularly with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel.
  • Good report writing skills
  • Relevant Building qualification, NVQ, ONC, Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification in relevant subject or area
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

  • Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
  • Satisfactory declaration of interest;
  • This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
  • Satisfactory DBS check;
  • Suitable driver's license;
As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Sharon-Leigh Gordon (AD -Housing Repairs and Planned Works),

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.

Closing date: Mon 30/12/2024 at 23:59
Job reference: 1523
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