Annual salary: up to £29,800.00
Quality Assurance Officer
Location: Tannochside
Contract: Full time – Permanent – 42.5 Hours per week
Salary of up to £29,800 per annum plus commercial vehicle and fuel card
Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.
The Quality Assurance Officer will be responsible for carrying out property inspections across tenanted properties, ensuring homes are maintained to the required standards. Duties include identifying damage, defects, and areas requiring repair, accurately recording findings, and taking clear photographic evidence during each visit. All inspections must be fully documented and reported using a PDA system, with attention to detail and accuracy. The role requires effective communication with relevant teams to ensure issues are logged and followed up in line with procedures.
Role Criteria
* Experience in the above duties
* Experience completing property inspections
* Experience of working in social housing and in partnership with a local authority client
* Excellent communication skills
* Experience of working under pressure, meeting tight deadlines
* Full UK driving license
The Benefits Of Working With Mears
* We offer a friendly and flexible working environment, excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays
* Mears offer a company pension, life insurance and share scheme along with other fun benefits
* Mears is also committed to a policy of equality and diversity, and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community, please submit your application below and our recruitment team will be in contact
* Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work
* Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a Background, Identity, Security clearance & BPSS check. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Beth Dunford )
If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
Closing date for applications:19 February 2026