The role
Join Southern Housing to deliver clerk of works services across our Capital Investment programmes. You will play a pivotal role in quality control, health and safety, and contract compliance, ensuring our contractors deliver high-standard homes and communal spaces.
As Clerk of Works, you will inspect construction work at every stage to ensure that contractors and subcontractors adhere strictly to contract documentation and deliver work of a consistently high quality in a safe manner. You will own the quality assurance and handover process for completed works as allocated by the Quality Project Manager, collaborating closely with Project Managers and other delivery leads to review specifications, plans and TAC/JCT contract documents against the Group's Design Brief and Employers' Requirements, highlighting any areas of concern and ensuring alignment across the business.
As technical challenges arise on site, you will use your delegated authority to diagnose issues and recommend corrective actions through the Project Managers, ensuring progress remains effective and on schedule. You will attend project meetings and conduct spot-check inspections of works in progress, as well as full snagging and pre-handover inspections, to identify improvements and drive quality. Accurate record-keeping is essential: you'll produce digital weekly reports, log any variations, snagging items and health and safety notes, and keep Project Managers and Safety Hub fully informed of progress or safety issues in real time.
This role will be based in our Farringdon office and offers hybrid working arrangements between office, site visits and work from home. Most projects will be located across Surrey and Sussex. This role is offered on Fixed Term Basis until 25 September 2026 and required a valid UK driving license and access to vehicle.
What you'll need:
* HND/C-level qualification or equivalent experience and valid CSCS card
* Member of ICWCI, or CIOB, or working towards.
* SMSTS or relevant professional certification
* Proven background as a property maintenance professional or Clerk of Works and in-depth knowledge of housing construction, component replacement, and defect avoidance
* Familiarity with building regulations, codes of practice, and CDM/health and safety legislation
* Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and bills of quantities
* Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and digital inspection tools (tablets/PDAs)
* Confident working with minimal supervision and managing your own workload
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above eight criteria providing real examples.
Closing Date: 28th of September (Sunday) at 23:59
Shortlisting Date: week commencing 29th of September 2025
Interview Date: week commencing 6th of October 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their ownWe also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
Pension
Life
assurance
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Birthday
leave
Retailers discounts
Cycle
to work
Buy & sell
annual leave
Season ticket loan
In-house academy & career development
Flexible working
Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.