Clerk of Works
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Hours of Work: 35 per week
Closing date: 17th October 2025
Interviews: TBC
Are you passionate about ensuring quality and compliance in residential construction? We’re looking for a dedicated Clerk of Works to oversee a diverse portfolio of new build developments across the Northwest, spanning both rental and sale properties.
With a robust pipeline of housing projects at various stages—from initial design through to active construction—you’ll play a vital role in delivering high-quality homes. This position offers the opportunity to provide expert inspection and quality assurance services throughout the development lifecycle and beyond.
What do our Clerk of Works do;
- Site Monitoring & Quality Assurance - Conduct weekly site visits across all developments, ensuring works meet MSV’s standards for quality, materials, and compliance with specifications and regulations.
- Reporting & Documentation - Produce detailed weekly reports including site progress, labour levels, weather conditions, and photographic evidence. Share findings with Employer’s Agents and development staff.
- Technical Support & Issue Resolution - Attend design and site meetings, provide expert advice, and support resolution of site-specific issues, including layout and specification queries.
- Compliance & Handover Duties - Liaise with MSV’s compliance team on statutory matters (e.g. gas, fire, electrical safety), carry out snagging inspections, attend handovers, and manage defect inspections post-completion.
- Specification Review & Continuous Improvement -Review specifications for S106 developments, stay updated on best practices in affordable housing, and advise on updates to MSV’s Employer’s Requirements.
What we are looking for;
- Construction Management background
- Full driving licence and willing to travel across the Northwest
- Demonstrable knowledge of building regulations
- Knowledge of site safety best practice
- Excellent communicator and negotiator
We offer a range of great benefits including:
- Essential car user allowance to support you with car running costs
- Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided
- 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme.
- Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
- Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
- Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
- Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives
- Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
- Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
- Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.
MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.
MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.
For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/
If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Stuart Smallman, Head of Growth – New businesses & Partnerships on 07931972912.
Interviews are scheduled to take place at the end of October 2025 however interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.
We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.
If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.
The Company
We own and manage almost 9,000 homes across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire and pride ourselves on being a housing association that retains our original values and missions and continues to deliver a range of housing solutions to the most vulnerable in society. For MSV our main priority has, and always will be, to deliver and build on the services we provide as a social values organisation. We embrace equality and inclusion and are genuinely focussed on people. We want better life chances for our people, we work with customers to strengthen our business and we want to see fewer homeless people and people in poverty.
Our Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, attractive pension, and holiday entitlement, there are many other reasons to work for MSV! Our colleagues are important to us, that’s why we offer a full programme of training, flexible working, and health & wellbeing support.
Some of the Health & Wellbeing benefits you can access when you join MSV include:
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