Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)
Gloucester City Homes (GCH) is an ambitious, dynamic housing association with strong community roots. We are focused on building homes and communities where people can thrive and delivering valued services to our customers.
We're now seeking a Surveyor - someone to support GCH's Planned Programme by overseeing the successful delivery of large scale, multi-year projects and contracts associated with Decent Homes, Decarbonisation, and Retro-fit works.
Ensuring that our Assets are improved in accordance with agreed standards and meet all regulatory requirements, including Home England's Decent Homes Standards, you will lead on budgetary control, contract coordination, management, and administration, ensuring services are delivered to customer satisfaction, agreed standards, required level of performance and achieve Value for Money. You will operate as an expert for GCH on all property issues, and investment decisions and provide technical building support and advice to the Capital Works Manager and Asset & Sustainability Manager.
We'd like you to...
- Hold a relevant technical qualification e.g. Member of CIOB or intermediate grade RICS or Member of Chartered Institute of Housing.
- Have substantial experience, as a Surveyor of Asset Management, Property Investment and Public Procurement.
- Have a proven track record of managing £1m + planned improvement project resources, budgets, and contracts with the ability to identify and eliminate risks, ensuring Value for Money and the delivery of high-quality services.
- Be able to make sound financial judgements.
- Be comfortable managing complex projects, working within tight deadlines and budget, whilst promoting stakeholder involvement at all levels.
- Be able to understand and present technical information clearly, communicating matters related to asset management to a varied audience.
- Be able to work as part of a team, taking responsibility for clear communication and taking a positive approach to resolving problems and providing support across all teams.
- Hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car, allowing you to travel within the City and other areas as required.
Closing Date: 25th June 2024.
GCH reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.
GCH is committed to equal opportunities. We actively encourage applications from all sections of our community, particularly those with lived experience of our work.
We celebrate the diverse nature of our customers and colleagues, striving to develop diverse teams where everyone can be their authentic self through an inclusive, family friendly, flexible and fun culture. Our values of pride, quality, integrity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. So if this sounds like you, we'd be delighted to hear from you!