Registered Building Inspector
Job Description
Job Category : Interims
Location : ALEXANDRA HOUSE, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £55.00
Registered Building Inspector with LABC experience, Hybrid working, but includes site inspections within Haringey, own transport required
Building Control experience (at least 3 years)
Local Authority Building Control experience preferred
Achieved a BSR Registration Class “2A to F” (not just 2A).
Ability to carry out the full range of duties i.e. Plan checking and site inspections
Hours could be flexible and working location could be flexible (although site inspections are within Haringey)
Transport required for site inspections
Hourly rate reflected in experience
Standard DBS required
BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THE POST
1. To apply significant and wide ranging knowledge and experience in the area of Building Control to lead and manage groups of professional Building Control staff to provide professional Building Control services on behalf of the Local Authority within a defined area of the Borough and for projects that take place beyond Haringey.
2. To support the Head of Building Control in the delivery of cost effective, customer focused building control services – including taking responsibility for service wide and area based initiatives that support continued improvement in the quality, cost and effectiveness of the service to support delivery of the outcomes in the corporate plan.
3. To support the Head of Building Control in the generation of new work and income to underpin continued delivery of the Building Control service within Haringey.
4. To provide effective management and leadership of specific elements of non fee earning works on behalf of the local Authority, including supporting the delivery of out of hours dangerous structure and emergency planning services.
5. To lead initiatives and support the Head of Building Control in the deliver y of fee earning activities that reinforce the service offer to customers – including Building Control consultancy services, charged pre-application services, Party Wall agreements, Safety at Sports Grounds, Event licensing, General Surveying practices, preparation of professional reports, Fire Risk Assessments etc.
6. Provide leadership and guidance to the Assistant building control officers to ensure the optimised processing and performance management of building regulation and related applications.
7. To develop cross-working across the Planning service in order to deliver service improvements and closer working with Development Management.
8. Using their knowledge and advanced level negotiating skills, the post holder is expected to be able to act as the “lead officer” on more complex building control and related matters; including engagement with and effective management of all stakeholders and to prepare and present to a range of audiences comprehensive reports on complex and technically challenging planning and related development matters consistent with the post.
9. In accordance with the scheme of delegation, the post holder will be responsible for decision making on applications for building regulations and the enforcement and management of development under the Building Act, plus decision making in respect of key areas of work undertaken by Building Control services (including safety at sports grounds and Entertainment Licensing etc).
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Contribute to the delivery of the Corporate Plan and the effective operation of the Service in line with the Councils workforce values.
2. Consult, engage and advise customers, communities, colleagues, elected Members and other interested parties as required by legislation, Council policy and professional good practice and ensure effective and high quality responses to all enquiries and comments (including corporate complaints).
3. Present at Council meetings and other high level public meetings.
4. Take responsibility for the development, coaching and mentoring of individual staff in accordance with the objectives of the Council Workforce Strategy
5. Promote, support and deliver Council transformation programmes, in line with the Corporate Values and with the corporate plan commitment to ensuring efficient, cost effective service delivery and continuous improvement.
6. Ensure the effective promotion of customer offers and services consistent with the delivery of income targets and effective customer fulfilment across the Building Control team and wider Directorate.
Relevant degree
Relevant professional qualification (RICS or ABE)
Extensive experience as a Building Control Surveyor in a similar environment in the public or private sector’
Supervisory and/or line management experience
Excellent knowledge of Building Regulations and associated legislation and issues relevant to delivering customer focused, cost effective and entrepreneurial building control services E
Ability to successfully work under pressure and meet deadlines, performance targets and produce a regular consistent output to work E
Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills
Excellent numerical and IT skills, including experience in applications relevant to Building Control and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) packages
Ability to liaise and work closely with various groups both internally and externally
Ability to effectively and appropriately delegate work and responsibility to others E
Excellent knowledge and understanding of commercial realities and political sensitivities
Advanced and highly developed analytical and problem solving skills
Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary practice delivering customer centric services in Local Government
Welcomes new ideas and seeks to understand how they can be applied to all aspect of work
Ability to independently motivate others and successfully work under pressure and meet deadlines and performance targets and to produce consistent high quality/error free work
Continuously develop and update professional expertise and able to champion personal and professional development in supervised staff in line with the Council workforce strategy
Flexible approach to working hours, location and getting the job done
Committed to the achievement of equal opportunities in both employment and service delivery