Housing Stock Condition Surveyor - EAD09250

East Dunbartonshire Council’s Housing Investment team has two vacancies for the posts of Housing Stock Condition Surveyor – Housing Capital & Private Sector. The successful candidates will join the Housing Capital & Private Sector team to carry out stock condition surveys and energy assessments to inform and support the delivery of the Housing Capital Investment Programme across the housing stock.

The Housing Capital & Private Sector team have responsibility for the delivery of capital investment in East Dunbartonshire Council’s portfolio of 4000 affordable homes, including projects which ensure compliance, improve condition and energy performance of properties.

The successful candidates will:

• Visit both empty and occupied properties to carry out stock condition surveys, collecting data to assess properties for compliance with regulatory standards (tolerable standard and Scottish Housing Quality Standard), identify elemental failures and project lifecycle replacement requirements;
• Collate a full range of information about the main buildings’ components of the Council’s housing stock including age of property, dimensions, heating and hot-water provision, electrical wiring, kitchen, bathroom goods to inform investment planning decisions;
• Classify the housing stock into detailed archetypes, this may involve the need to investigate the structure and fabric of the houses;
• Carry out energy assessments, collecting data required to create Energy Performance Certificates (EPC);
• Liaise with a variety of stakeholders, including energy utility companies, to maximise funding opportunities through the provision of robust energy performance data.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Derek Lyon – Team Leader, Housing Capital & Private Sector.

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria. Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check. In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR & OD Manager. Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary. The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

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• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.
• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.
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• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.
• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)
• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.
• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.