Overview
A senior post in Ipswich Borough Council in one of its largest front line services. The Maintenance and Contracts service spends circa £25 million annually repairing, maintaining and improving a retained housing stock of approximately 7,800 properties and 15 sheltered schemes to our local “Ipswich Standard”. The Council takes a holistic approach to building safety and stock management and has one seamless service that is now responsible for everything in connection with the asset management of that stock; from initial design to completing works on site on a right first-time basis using our own directly employed trade teams. Housing is a flagship service of Ipswich Borough Council and it is a service that is vital for our tenants and very much in the public eye. We benefit from working from a brand new environmentally friendly modern depot facility. It is a great opportunity to make your mark at Ipswich and develop your career at the Council. Innovation and aspiration are encouraged, and the varied workload will enable you to refine your existing skills as well as develop new ones.
Responsibilities
* Be responsible for ensuring compliance and reporting the “Big 9” within UK Compliance Standards across all of the Council’s housing stock.
* Ensure full legal compliance with gas, electrical, damp/mould, stock condition, lift safety, asbestos safety, water safety, smoke & CO alarms and fire safety. Ensure all testing, inspection, maintenance and remedial actions are completed on time, and that regulatory certification and data are fully maintained at all times.
* Aspire, demonstrate leadership and be passionate about ensuring tenants remain safe in their homes at all times.
* Work in a newly formed Compliance Team as it grows, including recruitment, development and performance management.
* Collaborate to ensure work is allocated, programmed, monitored, reported and progressed; ensure quality and safety standards are met and compliance with specification. Ensure performance is reported to CMT, Councillors and Governance Boards when asked to do so.
* Prepare reports and provide professional/technical building safety and compliance advice. Coordinate and provide training of other non-technical staff on compliance-related subjects.
* For details of other responsibilities, see the Job Description.
Qualifications and experience
* Experience in a comparable environment.
* A degree qualification and/or membership of a relevant professional organisation.
* Experience of managing building safety and compliance as well as leading staff and contractors.
* Experience of business planning, change management and continuous improvement in a similar environment.
Further information
For more information about this role please contact Paul Pledger on 01473 432779 or paul.pledger@ipswich.gov.uk.
If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know so that the appropriate arrangements can be put in place.
Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role: Job Description and Person Specification.
Selection process
The selection process will be a panel interview in person. Interview date to be confirmed. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and/or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications. CVs are not accepted.
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