What's involved with this role: Interim Clerk of Works x2 - Fire Safety Reference no: Yorkshire TCL 0008 AA7F / 1 Pay rate: £20.31 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3 months City: HUDDERSFIELD Office based role The purpose of this role is to provide technical expertise on building fire safety in particular the supervision of programme delivery to district-wide FRA work actions programmes which achieve the highest standards of fire safety in Council Housing, and to deliver a customer focused service. You will work with colleagues across the organisation and with internal/external partners to ensure positive outcomes for the business and for the Council’s customers. Key responsibilities: Provide technical expertise on building fire safety in particular the supervision of programme delivery to district-wide FRA work actions programmes which achieve the highest standards of fire safety in Council Housing. Supervise contractors and specialist suppliers during the delivery of FRA works action programmes ensuring comprehensive records of installation and robust handover of completed works in accordance with the agreed specifications and approved method statements of installations. Inspect work in progress and provide technical guidance and ongoing support to installers. Undertake weekly reviews of work in progress and report overall progress against programme highlighting risks and issues with detailed mitigation. Ensure approved quality standards are being maintained at each stage of installation and accurate records are being maintained. Provide specialist technical fire safety advice relating to scope and specification. Resolve on-site technical queries relating to specification, location and scope works. Deliver all operational aspects of your relevant service/business area. NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Qualifications: GCSE (or equivalent) Grade 4 (C) or above in English & Maths or equivalent. ONC/HND in Built Environment, working toward or willingness to undertake. Fire Safety qualifications – Level 2 NVQ diploma – Passive Fire Protection or equivalent. Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support. Experience: Demonstrate a proven track record of delivering targets and goals within operational plans. General clerk of works experience. Previous experience of data input and maintenance of databases and/or Contact Management Systems. Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation. Knowledge: Knowledge of Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding legislation in relation to the role. Skills & Abilities: Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to interact effectively and sensitively, in person, via the telephone and in writing with a range of stakeholders, internal and external. Literacy and numeracy to a standard required to maintain accurate records and write high quality communications. A good level of computer literacy to interrogate various software packages. Able to work flexibly and be responsive to change in order to improve performance. Good team working skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team coupled with the ability to work on one’s own to achieve results. Ability to understand the importance of budgetary control and proactively manage any delegated individual budgets desirable. Able to travel to various locations in order to carry out the duties of the job. Possession of a full and valid driving licence and a car available for work. (Exceptions can be made for disabled applicants). Able to work unsocial hours if required. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you) – please give full details within your CV document. Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support. SC Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please