Stock Condition Lead
Location: Home-based with regular regional travel
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: c.£50,000 plus £5,800 car allowance
Play a central role in shaping the quality, safety, and long‑term sustainability of our homes by leading our stock condition surveying programme. As our Stock Condition Lead, you’ll manage a team of surveyors, drive data quality, and ensure the insights we collect directly inform investment decisions, compliance, and resident experience.
About the Role
As our Stock Condition Lead, you’ll take ownership of the annual stock condition survey programme, planning, coordinating, and delivering surveys across our housing portfolio. You’ll lead and develop a team of surveyors, set clear standards, and ensure surveys capture lifecycle data, photographic evidence, and HHSRS information consistently and accurately.
You’ll oversee quality assurance, data validation, and uploads into the asset management system, working closely with the Asset Data Manager and Analysts to resolve exceptions and maintain data integrity. You’ll also manage access performance, support resident‑friendly communication, and implement no‑access protocols when required.
By collaborating with Repairs, Compliance, Building Safety, Retrofit, Development, and Customer teams, you’ll help align survey activity with wider programmes and reduce repeat visits. Your work will directly support our Asset Management Strategy, financial planning, and compliance with Decent Homes, HHSRS, and damp & mould expectations.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Leading, line‑managing, and developing the Stock Condition Surveyor team.
* Planning and scheduling the annual stock condition survey programme.
* Defining survey standards and ensuring consistent capture of lifecycle, HHSRS, and photographic data.
* Quality assuring survey outputs and implementing controls to maintain accuracy.
* Managing data validation and uploads into the asset management system.
* Monitoring productivity, access performance, and resident communication.
* Managing supply chain partners where external surveyors are used.
* Ensuring health, safety, and wellbeing across all survey activities, including lone working and asbestos awareness.
* Reporting performance using dashboards, KPIs, and audit outcomes.
* Collaborating across teams to align survey activity with wider programmes and reduce duplication.
What You’ll Bring
Skills & Experience
* Strong understanding of stock condition surveying and asset management.
* Experience leading field‑based surveyor teams.
* Proven ability to deliver large‑scale survey programmes.
* Experience implementing QA frameworks and audit regimes.
* Strong data literacy and experience working with survey datasets.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage residents.
* Ability to collaborate across teams and influence decision‑making.
* Commitment to accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
* Qualification in Surveying, Construction Management, Property Management, or equivalent experience.
* Professional accreditation (e.g., MCIOB, MRICS) or working towards is welcomed.
* Commitment to ongoing CPD.
* Ability to travel across the region as required