Location
South London with hybrid working; mandatory office day each week in Westminster and a second administrative day at a local hub within your region.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£55,350 per annum

About the Role
Make a meaningful impact on residents’ homes, safety and wellbeing by joining Peabody Trust as an experienced and highly organised Building Surveyor (Legal Disrepair). You will lead the technical delivery of disrepair casework across our homes, ensuring residents receive a timely, high-quality and customer-focused service. This role involves taking ownership of legal disrepair cases from initial inspection through to completion, including accurate diagnosis, robust evidence gathering, clear reporting and high-quality contractor delivery. You will visit resident properties to diagnose defects, gather evidence, take photographs, record access attempts and fully document findings. You will produce accurate, high-quality reports and detailed schedules of work within one week of inspection, prepare specifications, cost estimates and technical documentation using the national Schedule of Rates, and manage contractors to ensure quality, value for money, compliance with KPIs and timely delivery of works. Additionally, you will carry out post-inspections and sign-off works, maintain excellent customer communication, provide technical advice to colleagues and stakeholders, and keep accurate case records. Working collaboratively across operational teams, you will help improve service delivery and outcomes for residents. Site visits are typically completed on one day with report writing the following day to ensure a maximum one-week turnaround.

Experience
- Significant experience delivering legal disrepair cases within housing, ideally social housing.
- Strong knowledge of building pathology, defect diagnosis and construction legislation.
- Experience preparing clear, accurate and persuasive technical reports, schedules of work and photographic evidence.
- Ability to manage contractors, monitor on-site works and ensure value for money.
- Experience carrying out post-inspections and identifying quality or compliance issues.
- Ability to evidence attempts to gain property access and maintain accurate case records.

About you
You are technically confident, organised and committed to delivering a high-quality service for residents. You understand the pace and demands of legal disrepair work and can manage a complex caseload professionally and efficiently. You have excellent organisational skills with the ability to work independently at pace and meet tight deadlines. Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential, especially when dealing with residents and stakeholders.

Qualifications
- A Degree in Building Surveying, HND/HNC in a relevant subject, or extensive equivalent experience.
- Professional membership or affiliation (RICS preferred).
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is preferable.
- Right to work in the UK is required.