Home Improvement Agency Technical Officer

London Borough of Bromley; London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Home Improvement Agency Technical Officer to provide essential services for disabled facilities adaptations. This role involves administering grants, conducting inspections, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building construction, excellent customer care skills, and the ability to work effectively with clients facing communication and physical disabilities. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable residents, while enjoying a competitive salary and generous benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working practices

Career average pension scheme

Cycle2Work

Salary Sacrifice Lease Car

Technology Scheme

GymFlex

Local and national discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in measuring, designing, and specifying works for adaptations.
• Knowledge of planning applications and JCT contracts.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the administration and inspection of Disabled Facilities Grants.
• Carry out means testing assessments and prepare necessary documentation.

Skills

Customer care skills

Communication skills

Planning skills

Knowledge of Building Regulations

Experience with Disabled Facilities Grants

Technical knowledge of building construction

Education

Experience in building construction

Job description

Home Improvement Agency Technical Officer

BR7 – BR13. £29,166 to £48,700 pa

Bromley Home improvement Agency provides a front-line customer focused service for grant funded adaptations for people and children with disabilities on low incomes. We also provide grants and loans to ensure our residents live safely in their homes.

The postholder will assist in the administration, inspection, feasibility and determination of Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG), and other grants and loans available to our residents.

We are looking for an experienced DFG technical officer to join our team. Applicants should have experience of measuring, designing, fully specifying works including extensions, procuring contracts and contractors, managing works on site, overseeing contractors, and signing off completed works.

Applicants will have a good knowledge of the Building Regulations, have experience of planning applications, party wall notices and JCT contracts and most importantly demonstrable experience delivering construction-based adaptation work.

About you:

Due to the nature of the role, excellent customer care skills and the ability to work with people with communication and physical disabilities is important, as well as forming excellent relationships with our OTs.

On a day to day basis you will be required to carry out means testing assessments, inspect and survey clients' homes and prepare drawings, schedules of works or schedule of rates and specifications as required for building control.

As a Home Improvement Agency Technical Officer/Surveyor, you should be capable of providing a comprehensive surveying and technical service to clients and technical advice to the HIA team to meet individual performance standards and have great record keeping skills. Your role will be to ensure compliance with government requirements in delivering mandatory and discretionary grants to vulnerable clients and deliver to agreed timescales.

To apply for this role, you will need to be an experienced in building construction and components with an excellent knowledge of disabled facilities adaptations and extensions. You will need to have good technical knowledge alongside excellent communication and planning skills.

For this role you will need to have access to a vehicle for work as Bromley is the largest greater London Borough covering 57.97M2

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.

Closing Date: 1^stJune 2025