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Introduction
Join our dynamic team at Lewisham Homes and play a key role in delivering exceptional repairs and maintenance services across our diverse property portfolio. As a Works Supervisor, you will be instrumental in ensuring the highest standards of customer service, operational performance, and safety across various work streams.
What’s the role?
Lead and manage a multi-disciplined team, overseeing performance, training, and professional development. Program workloads, ensuring target dates, work in progress levels, and first-time fix targets are achieved. Conduct 121’s, appraisals, toolbox talks, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards
What’s in it for you?
Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Local Government Pension scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Season ticket and bicycle loans
- A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
- Supportive staff networks
You must have excellent communication skills along with the ability problem solve, multi task and work to tight deadlines. Previous responsive repairs experience in crucial to the role. Ensuring quality and consistency within the Council's repair team.
Location
The job is primarily based in the Borough of Lewisham, but we operate a hybrid approach where you may be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.
Special conditions
- HNC or equivalent qualification or experience
- Demonstrable experience of working in the building and trades
industry. - The job is subject to an enhanced DBS check
- Participate in the Duty Managers Emergency Call out Service on a rota basis ensuring issues are responded to promptly and an efficient service is delivered to customers.
- People management experience
- Previous experience in a local authority/social housing
- IT Literate (Microsoft packages) and experience of PDA technology
- Full Drivers Licence/Customer Service experience
The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CV’s.
Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.
For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Barry Euesden Barry.Euesden@lewisham.gov.uk
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification
Salary
£49, 071 - £51, 099 per annum (P04)
N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.
Diversity
Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
The Council has a dedicated employment support service, Lewisham Works, which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works, please email JobsAndSkills@lewisham.gov.uk and an advisor will be in touch with you.
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