Job summary
Choice Housing is one of Northern Ireland’s leading housing associations, we employ over 500 people with a 50-year legacy of enriching lives through the provision of safe, high quality, and affordable homes. We manage over 14,000 homes and support around 40,000 tenants, delivering a wide range of housing solutions including general needs, sheltered housing, support accommodation, and homes for families with complex needs.
Building Surveyor (Temporary)
51-Week Fixed Term (Subject to Review)
Full-Time (37 Hours)
Salary Scale: £32,913 - £42,964pa
Job Reference: BS/4975/0526
Choice is seeking a Building Surveyor (Maternity Cover) to assist the Head of Planned Maintenance in providing a range of in-house Building Surveying Services. As a Building Surveyor, you’ll play a key role in delivering exceptional asset management services, managing innovative projects, and making a real difference for our tenants.
1. Our employees have access to a range of benefits: -
2. 22 days annual leave plus an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service, and 12 public holidays,
3. Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities – anticipated 2 working days in the office,
4. Excellent work-life balance: we support flexible working e.g. accruing an extra 2 days annual leave per month through flexitime, starting hours between 8am and 10am and finishing between 4pm and 6pm
5. Essential car user allowance,
6. 6% pension contribution,
7. Learning and Development opportunities,
8. Paid maternity and paternity leave,
9. Bereavement leave,
10. Death in service benefit x3 annual salary,
11. Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening.
Choice Housing is a Family Friendly & Equality and Diversity Award Winning organisation.
Completed application forms should be returned by 11.30pm, Wednesday 3rd June 2026.
If you have not been contacted further in writing on or before Wednesday 1st July 2026 you will not have been short-listed for interview.
If you have any disability which prevents you from completing the online application form, please contact me to discuss what further assistance you require.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.
*If shortlisted you will be sent an email inviting you for interview, please check the email address you have provided on the application and also your junk mail folder*
The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of essential qualifications and also provide documentary evidence of their eligbility to work in the United Kingdom.
We are also committed to adhering to the Access NI Code of Practice/Service Level of Agreement in relation to requesting disclosure checks where appropriate and processing information in accordance with the code. Choice has a policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offender and it is available upon request (email: recruitment@choice-housing.org)
Please note, the Association reserves the right to create a reserve list following the interview process.
NB: The panel may enhance the criteria in order to facilitate short-listing of the post.