Senior Property Surveyor WCC623175 in City of Westminster

As a Senior Property Surveyor you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster's success. You'll join our high profile Housing Services, and oversee and ensure building and maintenance projects are delivered on time and to budget. This work will include repairs, planned works and programmes, the refurbishment of empty properties, dealing with dampness and condensation issues, leak detection, planned preventative maintenance and the pre and post inspection of works. You'll oversee the property surveying functions required to manage a portfolio of approximately 5,000 homes, including the structure and fabric of the buildings, internal and communal areas and estate grounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with our Area Repairs Managers to implement and develop the systems necessary to regularly inspect the external and communal parts of properties, identify requirements for repairs and maintenance, and ensure works are carried out according to urgency and priority.
• Collaborate with colleagues to ensure a joint approach to improving quality and customer satisfaction for residents, and highlight key investment needs and considerations to the Property Planning and Assets Team so that works can be planned appropriately.
• Ensure health and safety management policy is fully implemented and documented, provide strategic leadership within the Housing portfolio, and contribute to the leadership of the council to deliver objectives and priorities.
• Manage the development and training of Property Surveyors and Trainee Property Surveyors.
• With substantial experience of leading and developing an organisational function or service in a multi-disciplined organisation of similar size, and with excellent procurement and supplier relationship management skills, manage repair and maintenance services in residential buildings.
• Make complex decisions relating to the specification of remedial works and coordinate the response to major service failures and emergencies.
• Maintain a successful track record of handling large budgets, business planning, quality and performance management, and knowledge of local government/public sector issues.
• Provide inspirational leadership with the ability to manage political and cultural issues and deliver innovative projects, programmes and change management.

Qualifications and Skills

• Degree in Building Surveying or a related built-environment subject, and evidence of continued professional, managerial and personal development (e.g., membership of a relevant professional organisation or a clear plan to achieve this).
• Strong financial and budget management skills, ability to deliver economies through creative and efficient working practices, and a flexible approach to coordinating services with other departments and organisations.

Diversity, Inclusion and Values

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM) — people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and/or have been racialised as ethnic minorities — and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

Westminster is an amazing place with more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 businesses, and three-quarters-of-a-million people working in the city. Our strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster, with communities at the heart of decision-making and a more inclusive city where residents, workers and visitors feel welcome and safe.

As an inclusive workplace and employer of choice, we encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing, and strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and has a sense of belonging.

Westminster City Council supports flexible working patterns and Agile working to accommodate different ways of working.