Salary: £44,235 - £45,184 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm & Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm
Housing & Technical Resources has an opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced individual to undertake the role of Investment Officer within Property Services. The successful candidate will have experience in Asset Management, development of building programmes, and project development within a property/construction environment.
We deliver an integrated property management service based on strong links between our Building Services, Consultancy Services, and Assets & Estates Sections.
You will be responsible for developing an annual Housing Capital Investment Programme and Planned Maintenance Programme for submission to the Resource Management Team (RMT) and Housing & Technical Resources Committee for approval. This includes the preparation of a five-year rolling Capital programme, identification of key priorities, and preparation of external funding bids to the Scottish Government for Energy Efficiency Scheme: Area Based Scheme (HEES:ABS), Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund, and other energy efficiency work.
You will be responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and updating SLC standards and specifications of works; reporting on the Council’s Performance Indicators; and reporting to the Scottish Government and the Annual Return on the Charter (ARC) to the Scottish Housing Regulator, including the performance of Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) and compliance with the new Scottish Housing Net Zero Standard. You will prepare and provide benchmarking information for Scotland’s Housing Network and HouseMark.
You will assist in the development of key General Services programmes of work and in the preparation of the Council’s Property and Housing Asset Management Plans.
Demonstrating an ability to organise and prioritise your workload is essential, as is the ability to respond and adapt to changing priorities to ensure the delivery of a quality service.
Excellent communication and IT skills are essential.
The ability to travel throughout South Lanarkshire is essential for the post.
When completing the application process, please ensure that you cover the following areas:
* Referring to the Job Profile for this post, provide examples of your work experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies to undertake the duties of the post. Include details on your professional and personal qualities, and achievements, demonstrating what you will bring to the post.
* Outline your understanding of the Scottish Housing Net Zero Standard and provide examples of the types of measures that could be installed to meet the standard.
* All Council housing must be maintained to the SHQS. What do you consider to be the main challenges to maintaining compliance with the standard?
* What is your understanding of the importance of Property Asset Management?
Please Apply online: All correspondence will be via your email address.
Legislative Information:
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003. Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant:
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families as set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
* Enrolment in the award-winning local government pension scheme
* Up to 33 days annual leave
* Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
* Family-friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
* Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
* Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
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