Housing Adaptations Specialist

CWM Taf Care & Repair; Wales; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

CWM Taf Care & Repair in Wales is seeking a qualified professional to provide technical advice to older and disabled householders. You will help customers make informed choices about repairs and improvements while ensuring service standards are met.

You will prepare schedules of work, evaluate estimates, monitor adaptation and building works, and ensure contractors comply with Health & Safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Business skills – understanding of business operations, HR and People departments advantageous
• People skills – ability to build relationships with diverse groups and navigate organisational dynamics
• Commercial focus – drive to deliver profitable work valuable to clients
• Pro-active attitude – adapt to challenges and work independently to meet targets
• Organisational skills – highly organised and able to communicate at all levels
• Change focused – experience of organisational change and evidence-based recommendations

Responsibilities

• Inspecting properties and diagnosing defects, specifying repairs and preparing schedule of defects and preliminary estimates.
• Advising clients on defects and costs, enabling them to choose an appropriate solution.
• On client’s instructions, prepare schedules and specifications for repairs, adaptations and improvements using the agency schedule of rates.
• Liaise with Community Occupational Therapists and other relevant professionals in preparation of an appropriate scheme of work.
• Attend meetings with relevant partners to discuss individual case reviews (where applicable)
• Engage any consultant surveyors or architects, as required.
• Ensure works are allocated to contractors fairly using the agency rota and report issues to the Technical Manager.
• Monitor the work of contractors through to practical completion, arrange regular site meetings, issue appropriate instructions, keep clients fully informed of progress and advice when payments are properly due.
• Ensure that contractors on the approved List comply fully with the Agency’s requirements including Code of Conduct and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. To assist the Technical Manager in the annual review and management of contractors
• Keep up to date with developments in the relevant fields of work through attendance at courses, seminars and conferences as agreed by the Technical Manager.
• Takes personal responsibility within organisational boundaries for the reasonable care of their own health and safety and that of others around them, and co-operates with Cynon Taf Community Housing Group on all relevant Health and Safety issues.
• Carry out other specific tasks that may be reasonably required, from time to time, by the Technical Manager.

Skills

Business skills

People skills

Commercial focus

Pro-active attitude

Organisational skills

Change management

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

CWM Taf Care & Repair in Wales is seeking a qualified professional to provide technical advice to older and disabled householders. You will help customers make informed choices about repairs and improvements while ensuring service standards are met.

You will prepare schedules of work, evaluate estimates, monitor adaptation and building works, and ensure contractors comply with Health & Safety and regulatory standards.