Job title: Senior Technical Officer
Salary: PO2 £39,862 - £42,839
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Location: Tribeca House 2nd floor Roundhay Road Leeds LS7 1QB
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About you
As a Senior Technical Officer you will bring to the role:
- Considerable experience of leading a team.
- Ability to manage priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
- To support on driving a culture through the team that is focussed both on customers and quality,
- Managing construction contracts
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, identify common trends and learning outcomes and report to a wide range of audiences.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward- thinking, motivated, and hardworking individual to join the property management team.
The post holder will have the opportunity to develop and use a broad skills set and will increase their experience in leadership and line management, contract management and managing repairs programmes.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.
Job Description
Purpose of the job:
Technical lead for the frontline delivery of repair and improvement related projects to council assets, including direct technical support on repair and improvement related issues and day to day contract liaison.
Provide direct line management/supervision to a team of frontline technical staff.
To ensure the effective day to day management of contractors and Internal Service Providers and appropriate maintenance of council housing assets.
To implement and manage programmes of work in-line with available resources and to agreed timescales, and to ensure that overall value for money is achieved through the effective monitoring of quality standards.
The post-holder will be required to work flexibly and could be deployed in a number of areas within Strategy & Investment, including:
- Major Projects
- Responsive and Planned
- Adaptations
Principal Responsibilities:
- Technical lead for the frontline delivery of the service in-line with council and departmental performance standards, values, policies and priorities.
- Manage all activities in compliance with legal, regulatory, contract and internal requirements.
- Support the delivery of service plans in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure the continuous and on-going innovation and improvement of the service in-line with council objectives in order to achieve excellence.
- Continually drive a value for money, customer focused service.
- Take ownership for and manage relationships with all stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.
- Manage activities within individual delegated budgets and the management of spend in-line with agreed budget profiles, including the prioritisation and planning of work.
- Take accountability for the outputs of all duties ensuring adequate and robust audit and risk management procedures are in place.
- Please note this is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities
Leadership Responsibilities:
- To lead, manage, motivate and develop team members in accordance with council policies and employment laws, and ensure that relevant procedures are understood and followed.
- To ensure that the team works professionally, competently, and in a forward thinking and customer focused way whilst embracing collaborative partnership working in order to achieve excellence.
- To demonstrate and embed the council Values and Manager Habits to lead, support and drive cultural change.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: It is essential that the Candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post within the context of the specific role duties and responsibilities: Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate on the application form that they meet all the essential requirements.
Method of Assessment will be through one or more of the following Application Form, Test, Interview or Certificate.
Qualifications and Knowledge
- Minimum building/construction related qualification to HNC / HND level or equivalent experience
- Degree Level qualification in Building / Construction or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of building defects / construction techniques
- Landlord responsibilities in relation to repairs & maintenance
- Construction Health & Safety
- Standard forms of building contracts
Specific Skills and Competencies
- Experience of negotiation on issues within a political environment
- Ability to manage priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities
- Ability to diagnose and develop solutions to repair
- Developing and maintaining strong and effective working relationships with stakeholders
- Ability to analyse and interpret information and report to a wide range of audiences
- Considerable experience of using Microsoft packages and IT systems
- Chairing meetings effectively
- To support on driving a culture through the team that is focused both on customers and quality
- Completion of reports in a diligent and accurate manner
- Considerable experience of project management
- Appropriate delegation of workload
- Considerable experience of problem solving involving complex issues
- Support on engagement with managers and contractors in order to effectively progress change
Experience
- Managing construction contracts
- Considerable experience of managing medium-large projects
- Managing programmes of work within defined budgets
- Considerable experience of leading a team
- Considerable experience of working within social
- Considerable experience of working within a complex political
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS: It is desirable that the Candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post within the context of the specific role duties and responsibilities: Candidates are not required to meet all the Desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between acceptable candidates.
Qualifications and Knowledge
- Membership of a professional body i.e. RICS building surveying
- Up to date knowledge of social housing and issues affecting the sector
Experience
- Supporting on partnership and multi-agency working
- Considerable involvement in the procurement of works/services
- Working with and negotiating with trade unions
- Working with an Internal Service Provider.
- Undertaking service reviews.
