Home Improvement Officer

Essential Employment; Ilford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment in Ilford is seeking a Home Improvement Officer for a full-time temporary assignment paying £18.47 per hour. You will manage major grant-funded housing improvement projects, carry out property inspections, measure properties, prepare plans, drawings, and contract documents, and secure approvals.

You’ll work with residents, Occupational Therapists and contractors to deliver adaptations, monitor on-site works, and ensure safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage major and complex grant-funded housing improvement and adaptation projects.
• Carry out detailed property inspections and surveys to assess suitability for adaptations and improvement works.
• Measure properties and prepare outline plans for consultation with residents and partner agencies.
• Produce technical drawings, specifications, schedules of work, and project documentation.
• Obtain Building Regulations approval, planning permissions, and other statutory consents where required.
• Prepare tender documentation and obtain competitive quotations from contractors.
• Evaluate tenders and make recommendations for contractor appointments.
• Prepare formal building contracts and ensure works are delivered in accordance with contract requirements.
• Monitor projects on site, ensuring works are completed to agreed standards, within budget and on schedule.
• Authorise interim and final payments following inspection and verification of completed works.
• Issue practical completion certificates and agree final accounts.
• Ensure all works comply with relevant health and safety legislation and construction standards.
• Provide specialist advice regarding housing adaptations, repairs, improvements, and available funding options.
• Support applicants with grant applications and the completion of supporting documentation.
• Work closely with Occupational Therapists and other professionals to identify practical and cost-effective solutions.
• Assist vulnerable residents, including older people, disabled individuals, and families with specific housing needs.
• Promote Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and home improvement assistance programmes.
• Carry out inspections of residential properties to assess disrepair, housing conditions, and hazards.
• Undertake Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) assessments.
• Identify housing hazards and recommend appropriate remedial action.
• Assess the feasibility of adaptation works and determine practical solutions that meet customer needs and legislative requirements.
• Ensure compliance with housing standards, building regulations, and relevant legislation.
• Supervise contractors and monitor the quality of ongoing works.
• Manage a caseload of repair, renovation, maintenance, and adaptation projects.
• Maintain accurate records of project progress, expenditure, inspections, and outcomes.
• Liaise with contractors, architects, planning officers, building control professionals, and other stakeholders.
• Resolve disputes and negotiate practical solutions where disagreements arise.
• Ensure projects are delivered efficiently and provide value for money.
• Deliver a responsive, customer-focused service.
• Develop positive working relationships with service users, contractors, partner agencies, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders.
• Respond effectively to complaints, enquiries, and requests for information.
• Provide expert advice regarding housing legislation, grants, adaptations, and improvement schemes.
• Prepare reports, statements, and evidence for tribunals, court proceedings, or appeals where required.

Job description

Home Improvement Officer needed in Ilford Paying £18.47 per hr ref OR118553

Full time hours on a temporarybasis

• Key Responsibilities Home Improvement Grants and Adaptations
  • Manage major and complex grant-funded housing improvement and adaptation projects.
  • Carry out detailed property inspections and surveys to assess suitability for adaptations and improvement works.
  • Measure properties and prepare outline plans for consultation with residents and partner agencies.
  • Produce technical drawings, specifications, schedules of work, and project documentation.
  • Obtain Building Regulations approval, planning permissions, and other statutory consents where required.
  • Prepare tender documentation and obtain competitive quotations from contractors.
  • Evaluate tenders and make recommendations for contractor appointments.
  • Prepare formal building contracts and ensure works are delivered in accordance with contract requirements.
  • Monitor projects on site, ensuring works are completed to agreed standards, within budget and on schedule.
  • Authorise interim and final payments following inspection and verification of completed works.
  • Issue practical completion certificates and agree final accounts.
  • Ensure all works comply with relevant health and safety legislation and construction standards.
  Advice and Support
  • Provide specialist advice regarding housing adaptations, repairs, improvements, and available funding options.
  • Support applicants with grant applications and the completion of supporting documentation.
  • Work closely with Occupational Therapists and other professionals to identify practical and cost-effective solutions.
  • Assist vulnerable residents, including older people, disabled individuals, and families with specific housing needs.
  • Promote Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and home improvement assistance programmes.
  Housing Inspections and Standards
  • Carry out inspections of residential properties to assess disrepair, housing conditions, and hazards.
  • Undertake Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) assessments.
  • Identify housing hazards and recommend appropriate remedial action.
  • Assess the feasibility of adaptation works and determine practical solutions that meet customer needs and legislative requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with housing standards, building regulations, and relevant legislation.
  Contract and Project Management
  • Supervise contractors and monitor the quality of ongoing works.
  • Manage a caseload of repair, renovation, maintenance, and adaptation projects.
  • Maintain accurate records of project progress, expenditure, inspections, and outcomes.
  • Liaise with contractors, architects, planning officers, building control professionals, and other stakeholders.
  • Resolve disputes and negotiate practical solutions where disagreements arise.
  • Ensure projects are delivered efficiently and provide value for money.
  Customer Service and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Deliver a responsive, customer-focused service.
  • Develop positive working relationships with service users, contractors, partner agencies, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders.
  • Respond effectively to complaints, enquiries, and requests for information.
  • Provide expert advice regarding housing legislation, grants, adaptations, and improvement schemes.
  • Prepare reports, statements, and evidence for tribunals, court proceedings, or appeals where required.