• Job description

    Colchester Borough Homes, committed to better housing

    Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

    Colchester Borough Homes (CBH) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colchester City Council. As part of the local business community since 2003, we are an award-winning organisation providing management and maintenance services to around 7,000 residential properties and the Council’s commercial and public buildings, including Colchester Castle and Colchester Town Hall.

    CBH is a fantastic place to work, delivering vital services and making a real difference to our tenants’ and leaseholders’ lives.  We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering great value services that make a difference and our vision is to enable customers, colleagues and communities to thrive.

    About the role

    Building safety has always been an important area of Colchester Borough Homes’ activity.  As an organisation, we’re taking the necessary steps to ensure that we address all of the requirements of legislation, including the Building Safety Act and Fire Safety Act as well as emerging themes from the Social Housing Regulation Bill currently being considered in Parliament.  We also need to ensure our ongoing compliance with the “Big 6” Health and Safety categories (Asbestos, Legionella, Gas, Lifts, Fire & Electrical).  CBH requires a staffing structure with the necessary capacity and resources to meet these demands.

    This is an exciting opportunity to work in our newly created Building Safety team.  We’re recruiting a Compliance Surveyor (Gas) who will report into the Building Safety Manager (Gas, Electrical and Lifts).  The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the gas servicing contract(s) and contractors to ensure compliance with current gas regulations to both domestic and commercial installations

  • Benefits

    Benefits of working for CBH

    In return, we are offering a competitive salary, including excellent benefits, which include:

     

    • Local Government Pension Scheme with a 20.8 % employer contribution
    • Excellent training, development, and progression opportunities
    • Generous annual leave entitlement, 23 days annual leave (increasing to 26 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank and public holidays and two extra company holidays during the Christmas period.
    • The opportunity to buy up to another 5 days holiday, subject to conditions
    • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
    • Employee Benefits Platform
    • Provision of a smartphone and laptop
    • Discounted gym member – corporate membership rate at Leisure World and the Northern Gateway.
    • 1 Volunteering Day per year
    • Free Flu Jab
    • Agile Working at Colchester Borough Homes means having some flexibility about when, where and how we work to best meet the needs of your role and service area.

    Other employee benefits include payment of a professional subscription, free yearly eye tests plus a contribution towards glasses for VDU use.

  • How to apply

    How to apply:

    You can find out more about Colchester Borough Homes at www.cbhomes.org.uk  .

    For further details and to apply please visit   https://www.new.colchester.gov.uk/jobs/vacancies#gsc.tab=0    and click on ‘apply via online portal’ at the base of the page.

    Step 1 – Read the advert, Job Accountability Statement and Person Specification

    Step 2 – Click ‘Apply online’ below and complete the application form in full, ensuring that you indicate how you meet the criteria contained within the Person Specification

    Step 3  Press ‘submit’