Disrepair Officer in Stockport

Permanent Full Time - 37 hours per week

Stockport Homes Group is a great place to work. We pride ourselves on building strong collaborative relationships locally, regionally and nationally. We are passionate about not only providing housing and building new homes in Stockport but helping to transform the lives of our customers. We aim to provide comfortable and affordable homes and engage customers and communities.

We now have an opportunity for a Disrepair Officer to join our new Client Team, where you will provide a fully supportive service to our in‑house Legal Disrepair Surveyors, supporting the team on responding to disrepair claims and project managing fire damage and minor works projects. We’re looking for an organised and meticulous individual, with experience of working within a technical team. You will support the team to defend disrepair cases within a social housing environment, have awareness of Housing legislation including HHSRS, and you will be a team player with excellent communication skills, capable of developing strong relationships with a range of stakeholders. Resilient, assertive and consistent, you must be driven to deliver quality services.

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Collating and producing witness statement reports by interrogating IT systems to obtain related data.
• Liaising with the Building Surveyors for scheduling appointments.
• Being responsible for the collection and reporting of related disrepair data and performance.

Our Ideal Candidate Will:

• Take responsibility for dealing with matters within your own authority and escalating issues appropriately.
• Be able to work in an office environment and possess a good level of IT skills around Microsoft packages such as Word or Excel.
• Be a great people person and able to communicate effectively.

The SHG Be You approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHGs Values. We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams to enhance this culture and to be truly representative of the communities we work in.

This role will be on Stockport Homes Limited terms and conditions. We understand that if you don’t meet every requirement, you may be hesitant to apply, but we still want to hear from you and encourage you to submit an application detailing your experiences, achievements, and the value you can bring to our team. We encourage an early application as we will interview suitable applicants throughout the campaign and close the advert once we have filled the vacancy.

About Us: Stockport Homes is Stockport’s largest landlord and a management organisation which acts as landlord for both Stockport Council’s social housing and our own property portfolio. We’re more than just so‑called rent collectors. We’re an award‑winning, trailblazing public sector company that strives to transform lives by offering tenants advice and support on health and wellbeing, finance, youth engagement, employment and education opportunities as well as help at home. At Stockport Homes we believe in being ambitious, making a difference in our local communities, and serving our customers with passion. We believe in approaching problems with innovation, in respecting our partners, colleagues and customers and in striving for excellence.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. The SHG Be You approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHGs Values. We appreciate the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. Diversity contributes to our inclusive culture and allows us to be truly representative of the communities we work in.