The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. We are committed to ensuring that both our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. Only the best is good enough for our customers. We are ambitious and have a growth and regeneration agenda with plans to build 11,000 new council homes in the borough, in addition, major regeneration programmes are underway including the town centre regenerations in Elephant and Castle and Canada Water. These projects will encompass a mixture of major commercial and residential buildings and be valued at over three-billion pounds. Predominantly you will be a technical specialist and will assess plans and attend regular design and site meetings with clients to discuss and inspect what are often leading edge and innovative construction solutions. You will play a primary role in ensuring our performance standards, resources, and income are sufficient to sustain a world class building control service.
About you:
You will work at a chartered surveyor level leading on residential and non complex applications. You will have the opportunity to learn about complex applications and you will support and train graduates and apprentices surveyors.
As one of Southwark’s lead technical experts, you will be RICS, CABE, IStructE, IMechE, RIBA, IFE, CIAT,ICE or CIOB qualified and be able to evidence continual professional development. We will support you to continue with your professional development.
You must have experience of leading a team in a city context working in a building control service.
You will operate within a supportive and progressive management team along with a well resourced administration and surveying team to deliver to the highest standards. You will assist with implementing changes required due to the Building Safety Act.
You will be a committed and enthusiastic building control professional.
You will enjoy working in a busy and ambitious council where customer service is a priority.
Application Details:
Please upload your updated CV and provide a supporting statement outlining how and you think your skills and experience make you suitable for the role. This should be no more than two sides of A4.
Additional salary details
This post attracts a market factor payment of 15% of salary + JNC benefits to the value of £2,724 Per annum.
Benefits and More Information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59 PM on 5th February 2023
Interview & Assessment date: 16th February 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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