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The Vacancy
Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)
We are brave, we are ambitious, we are honest, and we are Citizen!
It’s an exciting time to join our team working across the Midlands. We are seeking for proactive and experienced Asset Surveyors to join our busy Asset Team to drive forward our ambitious investment programmes.
You’ll be part of our technical team reporting to our Project Managers. You’ll be part of a customer facing focused team delivering in one of our three key areas – Disrepairs, Structural projects or Investment programme projects. You will have end to end project management skills, be commercially focused and used to working in a fast-paced housing environment.
In housing you can make a real difference, the role of Asset Surveyor will involve:
Delivering major works and investment programmes ensuring it maximises customer involvement and delivery against Key Performance Indicators.
Delivering disrepair processes and activities on a case-by-case basis.
Implementation of a systematic approach to identifying and resolving complex building defects and insurance claims across property archetypes.
As an Asset Surveyor, we need you to have:
Previous experience in a similar role, working across a diverse team, providing a broad range of technical services.
Attainment of a recognised qualification in a building related subject, preferably MRICS or equivalent experience and skill level.
A strong understanding of regulation and contractual requirements in a housing environment
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to form strong connections internally as well as externally with our customers.
Experience in budgetary management and good analytical evaluation skills, with ability to exercise sound professional judgement and reach conclusions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills effective for a wide range of audiences.
Experience in procurement and delivery of major works programmes including contract and project management including effective stakeholder consultation and monitoring of customer satisfaction.
Experience of updating an asset management system and using a housing management system and GIS.
Our people are everything and we offer:
Opportunities for salary progression
‘Live work better’ scheme which actively encourages work-life balance
Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service
Enhanced family leave
Company Pension – Citizen match up to 10%
If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
EAP – a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
Medicash scheme -which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more!
Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)
Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
Access to Citizen’s Wellbeing platform
Occupational Health
We believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave.
We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect. As part of our recruitment process, we carry out robust safeguarding checks.
This post is subject to a Basic DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).
Further information on our selection process and Equality and Diversity commitment can be found at www.citizenhousing.org.uk
Closing date: 22nd April 2024
Interview date: To be arranged
Please note we will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. We reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.
What We Do
This is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK’s most trusted social housing providers.
Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes across the West Midlands, including diverse communities from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns; but we provide more than housing – our homes are a foundation for life.
We are proud to be an organisation which deals directly with the consequences of our housing crisis by providing homes for people who can’t access them on the market.
We are a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity. All the money we make goes back into improving our homes and services and building new homes so that we can help more people.
Working for Citizen not only offers you the chance to work for an award-winning, big-hitting organisation in the West Midlands, it gives you the opportunity to work for an organisation with a heart and a clear social purpose.
It doesn’t matter which function you work in, being part of our team will give you the chance to play your own part in making a very real difference to people’s lives.
Watch our video to find out more about our work:
Our Benefits
Flexible working hours
Annual leave of at least 25 days
Salary progression opportunities
Learning & Development opportunities
Employee Excellence awards
Staff Consultative Forum
Pensions
scheme
A defined contribution scheme where members benefit from Life Insurance cover of 3 times salary
Employee assistant programme
A free 24/7 service with confidential advice & support with access to telephone counselling
Discounts
& perks
Free health plan ,discounts on medical treatments, gym memberships, cinema tickets and restaurants
Live Work Better
People are happiest and most productive when they have balance.
We want everyone at Citizen to have the best balance they can between their personal life and their work, because we know this benefits both our colleagues and customers.
Every role at Citizen is unique, but we believe every individual should be trusted and empowered to make decisions about the way they work within the scope of their role.
Live Work Better is our commitment to all Citizen colleagues. It sets out principles that guide how we work to achieve the best results for our colleagues and customers.
These principles are aligned with our values and behaviours and are based on what our colleagues told us about how they want to work.
Watch our animation to find out more:
Our Commitment
Equality, diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to doing everything we can to make sure every colleague and customer has an equal chance to learn, work and live free from discrimination.
When You Look at Me is the product of a collective effort by our colleagues to challenge people to think about what they can do every day to make a difference.
Watch our colleagues explain our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion:
Recognising Excellence
We are proud to celebrate the people that make our organisation great.
Our Excellence Awards celebrate the people who help to make our organisation so special.
Our 2020 ceremony was part of our staff conference and was hosted by impressionist Jon Culshaw.
Watch the story of the ceremony:
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