Home Improvement Officer

Job introduction

This is a permanent contract within the Housing Adaptations Service, a team carrying out a high volume of home adaptations.

For an informal discussion, please email Aneirin Sprake-Harris, Operations Manager - Housing Adaptations (Aneirin Sprake-Harri@brighton-hove.gov.uk) to arrange a conversation.

About the role

This is an opportunity to join the Housing Adaptations Service, an integrated team of Occupational Therapists (OT) and technical officers providing housing adaptations for disabled residents across the city. This role will allow you to make a real difference in the lives of our service users, promoting personal independence and safety in daily lives. In this role you will be:

• Providing technical expertise and advice
• Carrying out domestic surveys to determine feasibility of adaptations,
• Costing of recommended schemes,
• Preparing scale drawings in appropriate cases and documentation for Building Regulation and Planning approval as necessary.
• Monitoring works in progress, working with a framework of specialist contractors, with a commitment to ensuring best value and excellent customer care.

We can offer flexible working, with an office location in Hove and options for hybrid working. Training and development opportunities are available and encouraged.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Shortlisting guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.