About Us Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites. Bexley is a Thames Gateway borough that has huge potential to grow and is planning to deliver a significant increase in jobs and housing over the next 20 years. To enable this, developers, investors and stakeholders require clear guidance and accurate information from the Council relating to the building regulations. About the Role Bexley sees the potential for unprecedented levels of new development, including up to 31,500 new homes over the next few decades. Two of London’s Opportunity Areas fall within the borough, and this is a particularly exciting time for managing how Bexley’s huge development potential will be realised. The Councils Building Control team deliver the statutory Building Control functions as well as dealing with the majority of the building regulations applications in the borough. The Building Control sector has experienced significant change following the Grenfell Enquiry and the introduction of the Building Safety Act. Bexley is well placed to meet these challenges with an ambitious service improvement plan which has ensured the successful registration of its building inspectors and continuing investment in staff and processes to further enhance professional standards and customer service. In connection with this, the team requires two registered building inspectors to undertake restricted functions and restricted activities as appropriate to the level of their competency as well as other building control related activities as required. The Council will also offer the necessary supervision for activities outside current competency levels to ensure continuing professional development. You will help cultivate good working relationships with key internal and many external partners as well as offering excellent customer service. For an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Tom Towler, Building Control Manager, on 020 3045 4211 (email [email protected]). We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached. We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. Candidate Profile This is an excellent opportunity for someone with existing building control experience who is looking to develop their career in an ambitious and forward-thinking local authority. You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team that deals with all aspects of the building control function. If your application is successful, you will be appointed at the appropriate scale and starting salary, depending on your competency level, skills and experience. In this instance the Council is particularly interested in applicants that have achieved Class 2 competency to at least categories A to D. The job specification for the role explains the expectations for the post holder. For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. This role has the requirement to be available for the out of hours dangerous structures rota. How To Apply Please click on the apply link above. Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload. If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence. Additional Information As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]. This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.