Housing Investment Officer, Inverness / Highland Wide (2 vacancies)

Job Description

Post Title: Housing Investment Officer (2 vacancies)
Location: Inverness
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary : £42,879 - £46,410 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Graeme Ralph Tel: 01463 702864 or Graeme.Ralph2@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose: To assist with the development and management of a high quality, efficient and effective maintenance and capital improvement service for Council housing stock as directed by the Repairs and Maintenance Manager and in accordance with the needs and priorities of the Council, Tenants and other stakeholders.

To assist the Repairs and Maintenance Manager in all aspects of the management of the Investment Management Team (Housing), including budgets, staff resourcing, delegation of work and supervision, and to assist in the aim of continuous improvement on service delivery.

To contribute to the ongoing HRA capital investment plan by actively building work packages, monitoring expenditure and ensuring value for money.

Lead on ongoing planning, development, monitoring and client management of all housing investment.

Develop and review policies and procedures on all aspects of housing investment: HRA capital programme, planned maintenance, routine servicing and day to day repairs to occupied and empty homes.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or appropriate qualification relevant to the functions of the post.
• Knowledge of the legislation, policy and good practice guidance affecting Housing investment.
• Experience of working within a housing / construction service environment.
• Ability to travel across the Council area.