Building Standards Team Leader, Pullar House, Perth

Job Description

Building Standards Team Leader - PKC11797
£50,511 - £54,396
Pullar House, Perth

We are looking for an experienced and motivated building standards professional to join us as a Team Leader within our strongly performing Building Standards Team.

You will primarily be responsible for leading a team of Surveyors, Assistant Surveyors and a Modern Apprentice, as well as working closely with the Business Support Team, other parts of the Economy, Development and Planning Team, and wider Perth & Kinross Council (PKC) Services.

The Building Standards Team are a key part of PKC delivering on its vision for a Perth & Kinross, where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality.  This delivered through our seven priorities which guide all that we do:

• Working in partnership with communities
• Tackling poverty
• Tackling climate change and supporting sustainable places
• Developing a resilient, stronger and greener local economy
• Enabling our children and young people to achieve their full potential
• Protecting and caring for our most vulnerable people
• Supporting and promoting physical and mental wellbeing

Building Standards has a key role in the continued development of Perth & Kinross through an efficient and seamless development consent process with close collaboration between various service areas all to help facilitate development whilst ensuring the wide range of construction activity across our diverse urban and rural communities is designed and built to meet safety standards, further sustainable development objectives and ensure the safety of people in and around buildings.

You will also play a key role in developing staff and delivering improvements to service process and procedures to maintain existing high levels of performance and customer satisfaction.

You will work effectively as part of a team or on your own initiative to manage your team and wider workload. 

You will have excellent communication, IT and organisational skills, a commitment to quality customer care, project delivery and continuous improvement.

So, if you are an effective and collaborative leader able to find solutions to a range of challenges, we'd like to hear from you. 

For purposes of connection and collaboration with colleagues and with the community we serve, our full-time employees work on site for a minimum of 2 days per week with the arrangements for part time employees being agreed on a basis which will ensure that they benefit to an equivalent degree.

Our FAQs on hybrid working can be found here Hybrid working FAQs.

We are committed to being a more inclusive employer - to ensure we can consider any reasonable adjustments, please either contact the recruiting manager to discuss any individual circumstances, discuss at interview or, if you prefer, after any conditional offer is made.

Requirements

To carry out this role effectively you will have a qualification in building standards or appropriate discipline, membership of an appropriate professional institute, demonstrate significant experience within a building standards environment, knowledge of the legislation and procedures related to building standards policy and practice, a full drivers licence, excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to work to tight timescales and familiarity with UniformIDOX.

You must have a valid UK driving licence as this post requires you to travel to a variety of locations across Perth and Kinross.

The Individual

We offer a competitive salary and excellent range of additional employee benefits including hybrid and flexible working to support a healthy work life balance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, a Low Carbon Car Scheme, up to 36 days annual leave entitlement plus 6 public holidays, and a range of lifestyle and wellbeing offers through our employee benefits platform.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in person in Perth on around 2 weeks after the closing of the advertisement for applications.

For an informal conversation about this vacancy, please contact Kristian Smith, Service Manager – Development Management and Building Standards on 07887 454170.

When completing your application for this post, please ensure that you provide contact details (including e-mail addresses) for two referees.  One should be your current or most recent employer.

Please APPLY ONLINE.  Facilities are available at all public libraries in Perth and Kinross.  If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments, please call 01738 475555 to discuss.

As part of our safer recruitment measures, any offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of mandatory checks including eligibility to work in the UK, Disclosure Scotland or PVG, qualifications, references, and fitness to undertake the post.  This may also include an Overseas Criminal Records Check if you have spent time living overseas.

A healthy work life balance is important to Perth & Kinross Council and we provide supportive management and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.  You will have access to training and support for continued professional development.

Some jobs may have been traditionally carried out predominately by one gender, but we would encourage you to apply if you meet the requirements, irrespective of your gender. 

Perth & Kinross Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel/reservists.  Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

At PKC our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of the Perth and Kinross Offer.  In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours.  Find out more about PKC and you could soon be joining our team!

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What we can do for you

If you are successful in a role with Perth & Kinross Council, you will have access to a range of benefits to help your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.