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Cheshire East Council; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in the UK seeks a dedicated professional to join its Housing Standards team. This full-time role involves ensuring housing conditions meet safety regulations while working proactively within a hybrid framework. The ideal candidate will contribute to a supportive team atmosphere, possess strong construction knowledge, and maintain exceptional attention to detail. Benefits include enhanced leave, pension schemes, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Enhanced annual leave

White goods salary sacrifice scheme

Salary sacrifice green car scheme

Enhanced public pension

Flexible working pattern

Purchase of annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Ability to analyse structural and technical reports.
• Familiarity with housing legislation.
• Excellent record keeping skills.
• Ability to converse with various stakeholders.

Skills

Construction knowledge

Knowledge of Housing Health and Safety Rating System

Attention to detail

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available to work within the Housing Standards team in the Strategic Housing service, to regulate housing conditions so everyone can have a safe home. The position is for 1.0 FTE (37 hours) per week, Monday to Friday. You will work as part of a team of 6 Housing Standards Officers, 2 Assistant Housing Standards Officers, a Duty Assistant and a Team Leader, as well as colleagues in the wider Housing service who deliver adaptations, domestic retrofit, hoarding support, affordable housing and housing options. The team works on a hybrid basis; predominantly working from home but also working in our Crewe office at least one day per week. The Council will provide the appropriate IT equipment to enable this. You will be asked to provide a satisfactory basic DBS check as part of the pre-employment checks.

• Construction knowledge and ability to analyse structural and technical reports
• Knowledge of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and housing legislation
• Attention to detail and excellent record keeping skills
• Negotiation and interpersonal skills to converse at ease with residents, landlords and other professionals
• Enhanced annual leave - 34 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) from day 1, increasing up to 39 days after only 5 years' service
• White goods salary sacrifice scheme - home and electronic items available for purchase via a salary sacrifice scheme, allowing you to spread the cost of big-ticket purchases like appliances, computers, and tech gadgets by deducting payments directly from your salary
• Salary sacrifice green car scheme - a cost-effective, hassle-free way to lease a brand-new car via salary sacrifice. The Scheme offers you a brand-new car of UNCLASSIFIED your choice on a three-year lease. There are no credit checks or deposits, and the scheme provides access to exclusive offers
• Enhanced public pension - a career average pension (contributions built at a rate of 1 / 49th of your yearly pensionable pay)
• Flexible working pattern - 37-hour standard full time working week with flexi time and hybrid / remote working arrangements
• Purchase of annual leave - the ability to purchase up to 10 days' extra annual leave each year in addition to your normal annual leave entitlements (this is pro-rata for part time staff)
• Cycle to work scheme - receive up Income Tax and National Insurance savings of up to 25-39% off the retail price of the bike and safety equipment package (savings dependent on the value of your chosen package and your tax status)
• Employee assistance programme - a completely free to use and confidential assistance service for all employees to help staff manage, reduce and overcome the impact of life issues which they may experience from time to time, both within work and their personal life
• Discounted gym membership - access to corporate membership prices for Everybody Leisure which includes
  • Gym, Swim and Group Fitness at all 16 facilities
  • Off-Peak Racket Sports
  • Athletics Tracks
  • Sauna / Steam / Spa

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Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future - together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities. If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk / spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Applicants should ensure that they complete all sections of the application form as failure to do so may result in their application being rejected.