Clerk of Works (North) WCC623749 in London

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Job Details

• Salary range: £56,436 - £76,872 per annum (salary negotiable depending on experience)
• Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
• Hours per week: 36
• Contract type: Permanent
• Vetting requirements: Standard DBS Check
• Politically Restricted post: Yes
• Closing date: 10 May 2026

About Us

Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated and compassionate professionals bring everything to their work. Our goal is for homes to be safe, high quality and sustainable. We manage construction programmes, engage residents, oversee contractors, uphold governance, value for money, and regulatory compliance.

The Role

As Clerk of Works, you’ll be the expert eyes and ears on the ground, ensuring that our Major Works are realised in the way that the City Council has envisioned. You’ll lead on the oversight, inspection and assurance of Major Works across allocated estates. In establishing a continuous visible presence at sites, you’ll be standing for the Council. You’ll combine deep technical inspection with creative problem‑solving, unblocking complex issues at a pace. You’ll conduct detailed surveys on sites and stock conditions, looking to prevent resident disruption, mitigate risks and improve costs. Overall, you’ll ensure that all works meet the highest standards. You’ll create evidence‑based reports that are authoritative on risks, options and recommendations, ensuring compliance with contract drawings, specifications, statutory standards, conservation and health & safety requirements.

You will work with the Commercial team to validate valuations, approving only compliant work and ensuring any issues are identified and resolved before payment. You’ll also provide accurate cost data to Leasehold Services for service charge billing and prepare clear, evidence‑based responses for queries or tribunal cases. As well as this, you’ll help us to improve, now and in the future. By translating real‑time site intelligence into improvements in standards, contracts and resident experience. From service providers to consultants to residents, this role will require professional, consistent communication that stays solution focused. You’ll need to be comfortable translating technical issues into plain language, and deescalating conflict when it arises. In collaboration with Resident Liaison Officers, you’ll develop a tailored plan for sensitive cases – such as vulnerable households or high impact works. Flexibility and an openness to travel are key to this role, as you’ll attend sites and resident meetings across Westminster City. This will include out of hours work.

Experience and Qualifications

To be equal to the role, you’ll have worked with seniority as the sole Clerk of Works for a Housing or Capital Major Works delivery. You have significant experience in inspecting works and quality assuring delivery. You’ve delivered on value for money in capital delivery, through procurement, contractor performance management, scope, change and quality control. Experience confirming Building Regulations/Building Safety Act and other relevant statutory and regulatory guidance compliance is also key. With strong contract management skills, you’ve administered and assured performance under construction contracts (JCT, NEC) and managed change control, disputes and compliance. You’ve set and reviewed service provider improvement plans, with measurable KPIs and contract levers. Even under pressure, time constraints, and limited resources, you can deliver results. You understand budget and resource management: monitoring expenditure, forecasting, and ensuring alignment with business plans and funding constraints. Plus, you’ve prepared detailed written reports on technical issues. Experience of computerised record keeping is also useful.

Our residents are our focus. As such, you’ll bring a track record of embedding the Equality Act into services and housing projects, tailoring for vulnerable residents and ensuring outcomes are accessible, representative and responsive to diverse communities. Collaboration is key here – you’ve worked with councillors, contractors, consultants and residents. You’re able to communicate technical content to non‑experts. To complete the tasks of this role, you are physically able to work at height and perform manual labour. Overall, you’re detail‑orientated, technically minded, a superb communicator, and intent on embedding inclusivity into your work. You’re educated to HNC/HND, degree or NVQ Level 6 (or equivalent) in construction, building, surveying or site inspection. Membership of the Institute of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate is required.

About You

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role. The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from under‑represented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM) background. 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.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

What We Offer

Westminster City Council is proud of its inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best. As a forward‑thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

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Employment Equivalence and Equality Statement

All staff of the Council, including this role, are eligible for the same benefits and are assured equal treatment in all aspects of employment.