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An exciting opportunity has arisen for up to three enthusiastic people to join our Empty Homes Team in the role of Repairs and Maintenance Officer.
Supporting our Empty Homes Team Leader, the Repairs and Maintenance Officers will deliver void repairs. This includes diagnosis of maintenance issues and instruction of repairs, liaising with internal colleagues and external contractors, and carrying out post inspections of repairs to monitor quality. The job holder will be responsible for processing purchase orders and authorising payments for completed work, ensuring that all works undertaken meet statutory, regulatory, policy, and best practice requirements. The role includes supporting performance monitoring and contributing to service development to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, customer-focused repair and maintenance service.
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
1. Experience of working within a housing repairs and maintenance environment.
2. Understanding of landlord repair and maintenance responsibilities.
3. Knowledge of standards of workmanship for all trades involved in the repairs process, including various Health & Safety regulations related to the construction industry.
4. Effective IT skills, written and oral communication skills.
5. Ability to work on your own initiative as part of a busy team.
6. Demonstrated motivation and enthusiasm.
7. Ability to organise your own workload and work under pressure to ensure tight deadlines are met.
8. Ability to attend meetings outside normal office hours when required.
9. City and Guilds time served tradesperson, HNC/HND in a relevant building or construction discipline, or relevant SVQ Level 3.
10. A full driving licence.
Desirable Qualifications:
1. Knowledge of local authority working conditions/practices.
2. Experience of working in a social housing environment.
The Council promotes flexible and mobile working practices. A degree of flexibility in work location is required to ensure service provisions are met, and this may include working from home on occasion.
More detailed information is included in the attached job outline, but if you would like to discuss this opportunity informally, please e-mail our Single Voids Team Manager Ray Walkinshaw or call him on 07483 146814.
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check - the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. For further information regarding the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
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