Estate Officer

Employer: Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Salary: £26,421 - £28,770
Closing date: 19 Sep 2024
Reference: 0000022674

Sector: Local Councils
Job Type: Housing
Contract Type: Full time permanent
Working Pattern: See advert details
Hours: Full-Time

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Directorate: Housing Development and Growth

Section: Sheltered Housing

Location: Chatterley Court / Sheltered Schemes

Grade: Level 6

Actual Salary: £26,421 - £28,770

Hours: 37

This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.

Chatterley Court is the latest new style Sheltered Housing Scheme in Chell Heath due for completion 30.9.24 with 113 apts which has followed the completion of Riato Court in Autumn 2022.

This scheme offers an enhanced housing management service provided on site Mon-Friday.

We are looking for someone to join our team to provide an efficient, effective and responsive tenancy and scheme management service to enable older residents with identified support needs to live independently in this housing setting.

The Estate Officer will support the delivery of the City Councils sheltered housing service by actively supporting housing management staff on site in relation to any building management and environmental issues within the scheme.

This post will be expected to maintain an awareness of both fire and H & S regulations within the scheme, regularly test warden call and other types of equipment on site.

This role will also be expected to complete building inspections inclusive of communal areas and to undertake minor repairs within the scheme that are identified.

This is a generic job description but this role will be working as part of the Sheltered Housing Service based on site within a sheltered housing scheme and must be noted that the role will be working with older vulnerable residents with housing support needs.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.

To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.

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About us

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents. Our city comprises of six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.

Our city

Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery.

Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a strong sense of civic pride - we’ve been voted the kindest city in the UK – and a place where you’ll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated ‘world capital of ceramics’. But we don’t just want to celebrate our proud past – we firmly believe that Stoke-on-Trent’s best years are ahead of it. We are determined to raise aspirations and match them with high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.

Rewards and benefits

When you work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council you’ll be helping to improve the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We’ll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including; a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes just to name a few. We also have access to lifestyle benefits which offer a wide range of discounts such as family days out, travel, retail and many more.

Our commitment to you

Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent’s greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. And we must ensure that our decisions and policies nurture and empower communities across our city and do not inadvertently disadvantage groups and individuals that we want to help to thrive.

Our approach to Equality and Diversity is an invitation to all our communities to work with and for us so we can continue to improve how we deliver services residents need.

Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar lived experiences. They allow staff to meet, support and mentor each other, alongside being a voice for under-represented groups to advise and support the organisation when developing policies and services.

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