Clerk Of Works

Are you looking to develop an interesting and rewarding career where you get to make a significant difference to local communities? Do you want to work for an organisation that is committed to helping Southampton become a modern city where people are proud to live and work? We are a city of opportunity and need you to help us deliver the vision for the entire city, ensuring we leave a positive legacy for future generations.

Southampton City Council is looking for an experienced, confident and proactive Clerk of Works to join our Housing Operations team. In this vital role, you will ensure that construction works carried out on behalf of the Council by our procured Contractor meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance within timescales and budget. You will support the Project Manager by playing a key part in delivering between £4m-£8m refurbishment projects and larger repairs to both voids and occupied properties across our housing portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitoring and inspecting construction and refurbishment works across a range of Council properties.
• Ensuring all works are delivered in accordance with contracts, specifications, drawings, legislation, and Council policies.

Ability to build successful working arrangements and partnerships with internal and external service providers

Drive to ensure that productivity levels are optimised across all areas of responsibility

Clean driving licence.

As the work is varied a flexible approach is required to meet changing needs and tight deadlines. Excellent customer service skills, enthusiasm, and a ‘can do’ attitude is all essential as you’ll be our ambassador when you visit our customers’ homes to carry out quality control checks. You will liaise with residents, peers and colleagues on a daily basis so communication and customer focus will be essential to the role. Organisational, customer service and time management skills are key to this role. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and capable individual looking to contribute to a dynamic and progressive team.

About Us

We are committed to being a Child and Resident Friendly City where people are proud to live and work and where you can make a significant difference to our local communities. We want Southampton to be a modern city, amongst the best places to grow up, live and work in and we are committed to tackling inequality and to creating a city that is greener, fairer and healthier.

About Southampton

• Our city is easy to travel around on foot, bike and public transport
• We have a fantastic range of retail outlets, restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres.
• Our City has award-winning parks and open spaces with the New Forest National Park and beautiful beaches on our doorstep
• We have one of the major ports in the UK operating 364 days a year.
  
  

Why work for us?

You’ll be part of a supportive team working to deliver safe and high quality homes. You can be confident of a rewarding career, with a competitive salary, job security and a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave. We value continuous development and you’ll have access to training and opportunities to grow in return for your dedication to bettering the lives of Southampton’s residents.

We’ll Provide

• Access to the Hampshire Local Government Pension Scheme
• Interest free travel loans and discounts.
• Employee Support Services.
• Employer pension contributions
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave
  
  

You will work 37-hour week. In addition to your basic leave entitlement of 26 days annual leave per year (not including bank holidays) you will be able to accrue an extra 13 days flexi leave per annum. This basic leave increases to 29 days after you have completed 5 years of continuous service. Other employee benefits range from childcare vouchers and discounted travel to money off at selected restaurants, shops and salons. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

If you’d like to be part of our team and our City, apply today!

What We Can Offer You

Salary: The salary band for this role is £41,771 - £46,141 per annum. The starting salary is £41,771 with annual progression through the salary bands.

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Generous holiday 25–31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans

Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

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Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the role, please contact Terry Larder (Contracts and Commercial Services Manager)

Contact Number: 023 8083 3519

e-mail: terry.larder@southampton.gov.uk

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Recruitment contact details:

Tel: 023 8083 4033

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