Leasehold Surveyor - INTERNAL ONLY

The role

Are you ready to bring your expertise to Southwark Council and make a real impact in the heart of London? The Residential Conveyancing and Compliance Team is on the lookout for a passionate and experienced Leasehold Surveyor to join us full-time, permanently. We’re offering an engaging role that puts you at the forefront of fire safety, guiding leaseholders and freeholders through vital property adaptations and alterations.

What You’ll Do:

• Work with the Residential Conveyancing Manager to assess fire safety in permission-to-alter applications.
• Serve as the team's expert on fire safety, identifying risks and overseeing remedial actions.
• Ensure compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and other health and safety laws.
• Inspect properties, ensure fire safety compliance, and provide guidance to residents and colleagues.
• Collaborate with Building Control and the Fire Safety Team to keep the community safe and informed.
• You may be expected to attend scheduled appointments across the Borough so ad hoc travel is required.

How will you make an impact:

We're looking for a motivated Leasehold Surveyor with a sharp eye for detail and a talent for making a real impact and driving positive change. Ideally, you bring a mix of the following:

• Solid background in Leasehold Surveying ideally gained in the public housing sector.
• Deep knowledge of fire safety regulations in accordance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Strong skills in communicating, instructing, and maintaining relationships with suppliers, contractors, and customers.
• Able to plan, prioritise, and handle multiple deadlines effectively.
• Skilled in MS Office applications.
• Flexibility of home working with trips to our London Bridge HQ.

Additional salary details

About Southwark

As a council, we are successful, passionate, and forward thinking. We are committed to tackling injustice and inequalities and rebuilding our local economy following the pandemic, ensuring that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.

As a diverse central London borough, Southwark faces a range of challenges, which we aim to address through the delivery of the Borough Plan. We are looking for candidates to join our team to help us continue to make Southwark an inclusive borough for all our communities.

Southwark Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We monitor our recruitment practices to check that we are employing people in a fair and non-discriminatory way. We also publish annual workforce reports. We are proud to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough.

Benefits and more information

Working for Southwark Council – Southwark

Salary Range: £42,855 - £50,088

Recruitment timetable

Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 11^th of October 2024

Interview Date: 28th of October 2024

Application Process

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit a CV and complete the application forms detailing your suitability for the role. The Job Description and Person Specification can also be found at the bottom of this page under attachments.

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.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care.
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

Attachments

• Job Description & Person Specification