Harrogate area with the expectation to visit sites across the county. Our Service The purpose of our Service is to provide quality, affordable, healthy, and sustainable homes that meet the present and future needs of all our tenants. The Housing Standards team is made up of five closely linked areas of housing expertise i.e., construction, repairs, improvements, contract management, and safety. Each team consists of suitably qualified, skilled, and experienced trade operatives, surveyors, or contract supervisors. The role As a member of the Housing Safety Team, you will contribute to the overall success of the Housing Standards Team through a combination of reactive and planned surveys/risk assessments. Those surveys/risk assessments will inform the Housing Improvement, De-carbonisation and compliance programs of work. The team are responsible for ensuring the council’s housing assets are maintained to meet all current statutory, regularity and legislative standards. You will complete onsite compliance inspections such as fire alarm testing, emergency lighting testing and legionella controls in housing assets, conduct surveys and produce schedules of works for void properties to meet the lettable standard, advising the income officer of works that may be recharged to the tenant, conduct energy performance assessments and support senior surveyors as required e core focus of this job is the development and delivery of new construction via a large For more details, please see the attached job description. What you will bring. You will have knowledge of health and safety relating to built assets, knowledge of legislation in respect of building compliance, knowledge of data protection regulations and knowledge of housing construction. Excellent communication skills are a must, both written and oral with the ability to problem solve and find pragmatic solutions and excellent customer service skills. Working for us When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and well-being plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with a 22.6% contribution. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus, lots more… Contact and apply. If you would like to learn more about our role, please contact leonie.jolley@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal conversation. Key Documents Job Description To apply please click the Apply Now link below.