Housing Quality Officer

Dyffryntrannon; Llandrindod Wells; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community housing organization in Llandrindod Wells is looking for a Housing Quality Officer to manage asset services for homes. The role involves overseeing repairs, maintenance, and improvement works, ensuring compliance with standards. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in building construction, experience in managing projects, and excellent communication skills. The position offers training, flexible working, and a defined benefit pension scheme, with a salary of £38,220 to £39,862 per annum.

Benefits

Training and skill development

Flexible working

Defined benefit pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong technical expertise in building construction and maintenance.
• Experience in managing and quality-assuring construction projects.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Commitment to customer-focused service delivery.
• Proactive approach to sustainability and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver asset management services for a designated patch.
• Inspect and oversee repairs and void property works.
• Contribute to sustainability goals and improvement programs.
• Manage contracts and ensure compliance with health and safety.
• conduct surveys and maintain asset data.
• Provide technical advice and resolve issues.

Skills

Technical expertise in building construction

Managing construction projects

Excellent communication skills

Organisational ability

Customer-focused service delivery

Proactive approach to sustainability

Job description

Housing Quality Officers manage asset services for a designated patch of homes, ensuring repairs, maintenance, and improvement works meet standards. They oversee reactive and void property works, support planned and cyclical projects, and contribute to Welsh Housing Quality Standard and sustainability goals. The role involves working with residents, providing technical support, managing contracts, monitoring budgets, and delivering a customer-focused service through surveying, asset management, and quality assurance.

About you

• Strong technical expertise in building construction, maintenance, and identifying defects, with the ability to specify and schedule remedial works.
• Experience in managing and quality-assuring construction projects, including contract management and compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to explain technical issues clearly and work collaboratively with residents, contractors, and colleagues.
• Organisational and problem-solving ability, capable of managing competing priorities and delivering value-for-money solutions.
• Commitment to customer-focused service delivery, with a passion for improving housing quality and resident satisfaction.
• Proactive approach to sustainability and compliance, supporting standards like Welsh Housing Quality and CDM regulations.

What you will do

• Deliver asset management services for a designated patch, managing budgets and responding to tenant and stakeholder requests.
• Inspect, specify, oversee, and quality assure day-to-day repairs and void property works to meet standards and deadlines.
• Contribute to improvement programs and sustainability goals, including environmental works and Welsh Housing Quality Standard compliance.
• Manage contracts and procurement, including preparing specifications, supervising works, and ensuring health and safety compliance.
• Conduct surveys and maintain asset data, supporting planned maintenance and accurate stock condition records.
• Provide technical advice and support, liaising with contractors, resolving issues, and promoting continuous improvement.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

This position does require a Standard DBS check.

Service: Housing

Salary: Grade 10Point 27 to Point 29 £38,220 to £39,862 per annum £19.81 to £20.66 per hour

Please note that at this point, Powys County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

What we offer

• We will train you and develop your skills
• Flexible Working
• Guaranteed defined benefit Pension Scheme