Property Disrepair Officer

What's involved with this role: Interim Property Disrepair Officer Job Ref: Greenwich RQKey Requirements

• Hold a valid asbestos awareness certificate Duty to Manage.
• HNC in Building Studies or Construction, or equivalent qualification.
• Extensive, relevant experience of working in a social housing, repairs and maintenance environment.
• Must be experienced in carrying out investigations to resolve complex repair-related complaints, and have a demonstrable working-knowledge of legislation relating to Housing Disrepair - Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).
• Hold a full valid driving licence and have a vehicle.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate experience of carrying out quality inspections, investigations, audits, preparing detailed technical reports and specification of works in accordance with current Building Regulations and appropriate legislation.Key Responsibilities:

• To provide a comprehensive specialised technical service to ensure that potential disrepairs, statutory nuisance, structural repairs and insurance claims against the Royal Borough of Greenwich are dealt with professionally in accordance with procedures.
• Manage and monitor works in relation to structural, insurance schemes and disrepair procedures.
• Work with ordering and delivery managers to achieve a level of quality and consistency within the repairs service, agreeing action to improve service delivery.
• Supervise, provide instructions and guidance to up to 50 internal/external contractor staff, working in a number of dispersed locations, to ensure that work is completed on time, to a high specification and is carried out in accordance with relevant Health and Safety standards.
• Negotiate and liaise with tenants, leaseholders, their legal and surveying representatives, Legal Services and other professional bodies, access arrangements to carry out pre and post inspections to identify areas of statutory disrepair and defects under the current Housing Disrepair Protocol
• Produce detailed expert reports and professional diagnostic surveys and represent the Council in Court as an expert witness, give evidence and assist the Court with technical issues.
• Investigate and assist with responses to the Ombudsman service in relation to repairs and major works issues, ensuring responses are provided in a timely manner to agreed procedures and timescales.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.