Landlord and Compliance Specialist

Job Description

Job Category : Housing
Location : County Hall, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £22.87

Provide technical expertise to all landlord aspects of property compliance, including radon, water safety, asbestos, and other property safety related matters, including ensuring ‘Best Practice’ is implemented in the delivery of the service.

Manage the service across numerous sites and ensure resources are deployed effectively.

Ensure that the Council’s responsibilities, including the ‘Duty of Care’, are carried out in accordance with current Legislation, Government Policy, Regulatory Requirements, approved Codes of Practice, and guidance, and align with the Council’s Corporate Plan, Business Plans and Service Plans. Failure to undertake statutory inspections could results in death, injury, structural damage, criminal proceedings, as well as reputational damage for Somerset Council.

Qualification/Knowledge/Experience/Skills
Qualifications
Essential
• Good general standard of education (minimum to A’ level standard or equivalent) and relevant professional Asbestos management P405, Water Hygiene Legionella P901, NEBOSH general certificate qualification or experience.
• Evidence of continuing development of professional and managerial skills, e.g. through training, qualification and/or experience.
Desirable
• Membership of relevant professional e.g. IOSH, BOHS
• Qualification in project management e.g. Prince2
• CIH Certificate in Housing Management
Knowledge

Essential
• Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of all landlord property related safety statutory responsibilities, Government Policy, Regulatory Requirements, approved Codes of Practice, and guidance.
• Sound working knowledge of the Building Regulations.
• Possess management experience, ideally within Local Government.
• High level of knowledge of issues surrounding Local Government and understanding of other related service areas and issues.
• Knowledge of medium-term financial planning and the integration between service and financial planning.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office and other IT systems related to the post.
Experience

Essential
• Experience of working in and supporting partnerships with a wide range of internal and external bodies including government and non-government organisations, the private and voluntary sectors.
• Significant experience in managing property related safety compliance within a social housing environment (36 months plus)
• Significant experience in landlord property safety to residential housing stock.

Desirable
• Understanding, experience, and knowledge of project management practice in relation to landlord property safety.
• Relevant social housing experience and understanding of the sector.
• Experience working with elected members, or in a political environment.
Skills

Essential
• Demonstrates a range of management skills including deploying resources and staff, manage change and respond flexibly.
• A demonstrative track record of leading, motivating and managing teams to achieve significant, sustainable service improvements and outstanding results, through internal and external partnership.

Desirable
• Ability to extract relevant information from reports and translate these so they can be understood by a wide range of people.
• Able to prepare and present reports on general and specific related matters to non-experts in a clear and comprehensible manner.