Overview
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, a small Council with big values, is recruiting an experienced Technical Officer within the Home Environment Assessment and Response (HEART) Team to help ensure residents have access to grants and facilities to adapt their homes to support living in an accessible, healthy and safe environment.
HEART is an innovative service that provides rewarding work making a difference to the lives of Warwickshire residents. The HEART Technical Officer will be responsible for carrying out detailed and complex inspections of residential dwellings, identifying hazards, and determining remedial works required.
Responsibilities
* Carry out detailed and complex inspections of residential dwellings and identify hazards; determine remedial works needed to remedy.
* Design and produce schemes of required improvements, repairs and adaptations that meet the needs of the individual client.
* Provide technical advice and assistance to other staff within the HEART team.
* Work with architects, occupational therapists, housing assessment officers and other professionals to provide detailed schedules of work.
* Develop a trusting relationship with clients, ensure the service is delivered to a high standard, maintain professionalism, adapt delivery to suit client needs, and ensure works are completed within set timeframes and to the required specifications.
* Work with contractors to deliver various types of adaptations, ensuring works meet the required specifications and client needs.
Essential qualifications and experience
* A BTEC HNC level 4 Building or equivalent qualification.
* Ability to produce and understand technical drawings.
* Have, or be willing to obtain, a certificate in Housing Health and Safety Rating.
* Experience of providing a public service and understanding customer care issues.
* Experience working within a housing inspection environment and have previously conducted housing surveys/inspections.
* A full clean driving licence.
For further information on the post, please contact Joan Gledhill, Senior Home Improvement Officer, at joan.gledhill@nuneastonandbedworth.gov.uk.
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