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Daniel Mulvey Recruitment Consultant – Asset Management, Property Services & Compliance
Job Description
MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Technical Officer to join a Local Authority based out of Stoke-On-Trent
This will be a temporary position paying £30 P/H Umbrella on a 6-9 Month Contract
The Role:
- To contribute to the effective and efficient delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants and any other financial assistance offered by the Council.
- To provide advice and support to older or disabled people and other vulnerable individuals who wish to repair, adapt or improve their homes.
- Provide an appropriate service for the benefit of customers and colleagues from the referral stage through to completion of works.
Job Purpose:
- To visit clients in their own homes, providing the required level of advice and information, maintaining regular contact with them at each stage of the case.
- Ensure that the client understands and is kept informed of all procedures and practices involved with their particular circumstances.
- Book appointments to visit applicants in their own homes to complete all DFG application forms, and financial means test forms and collect confidential and sensitive personal financial and health data from applicants and keep this secure at all times. Examine and interrogate financial data and where necessary challenge information in order to prevent fraudulent grant applications being made. Use software packages to conduct means testing for DFG applicants.
- Participate in on-site scheme feasibility studies to ascertain how best to adapt a property to meet an applicant's needs; this will require problem solving skills in order to offering constructive suggestions regarding problems encountered.
- Communicate clearly, concisely and effectively on the telephone and in person with disabled applicants, their parents, partners, relatives or other nominated representatives, Occupational Therapists, Contractors, Utility providers, surveyors, engineers, solicitors, and any other relevant persons or professional body in connection with DFGs.
- Process invoices for payment and raise fee requests, raise invoices for the service, maintain and update software systems for monitoring disabled facilities grants.
- Identify other areas of help which may be needed by, or available to, the client such as alternative accommodation, or home care and ensure that necessary services are applied for on behalf of the client.
- Ensure all stages of work are monitored, including supervision of work on site and satisfactory completion.
- Seek out estimates for work evaluating these and ensure proper contractual agreements are made between the client and the contractor.
- Process and check grant applications to ensure they are full and complete and recommend applications for approval.
- To work collaboratively with registered providers and private landlords relating to agreeing and progressing schemes in their properties.
- Maintain good ICT skills in order to accurately update and maintain databases and systems.
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Asbestos & Legionella Manager
MMP is working with one of their Local Authority Clients in East London who are seeking for a new Asbestos & Legionella Manager to join the business with immediate effect. I wanted to see if this is something of interest to yourself or your network?
This will be a interim role paying £400 Per day
This role has been created to support the Housing Assets Compliance Team in delivering Asbestos & Legionella regulatory compliance and its remedial actions with expected outcomes to ensure housing buildings are safe and compliant with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 & Water Safety - The control of legionella bacteria in water systems ACOP L8, as a part of the Council's strategic objectives.
Duties:
*Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and satisfactory completion of the programs within with agreed deadlines.
*Ensures any actions are accurately allocated to relevant officers, regularly tracked, updated, maintained and completed within prescribed timescales. Provides regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
*Manages the change control procedure and ensures that agreed project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off.
*Provides effective leadership to the all teams involved and takes appropriate action where teams' performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
*Ensures that own projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
*Lead on the project delivery, providing the vision and ongoing leadership that ensures they are successful in delivering outcomes and intended benefits.
*Provide expert advice, interpretation, information, support and coaching to other colleagues within the Council on the full range of operational, legislative and strategic issues within the field ACM & LEGIONELLA compliance.
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Maintenance Surveyor
MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Maintenance Surveyor to join a housing association based out of Battle covering a patch of east Sussex.
This will be a 12 Month FTC position paying £42,000 with the option to go permanent at the end.
The Role:
The primary function of the role is to provide a responsive repair and void surveying service for My Client
To ensure that all My Clients owned and managed properties are maintained to the highest possible standards and that all statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
To ensure staff, residents, leaseholders, managing agencies and property owners are provided with a high standard of service.
Job Purpose:
- To undertake the management of responsive repairs including taking corrective action where necessary and report regularly to the Contract Manager on progress.
- To analyse and assess building defects, provide remedial proposals and prepare specifications for remedial repairs.
- To ensure that specifications are up to date and meet current legislative standards.
- To obtain where necessary quotations and estimates, in accordance with our procurement procedures.
- To maintain communication and consultation to the highest possible standards of customer care with all stakeholders.
- To ensure work is carried out within the budgets and value for money is achieved, by monitoring and reporting on performance.
- To continuously identify ways of delivering the service in a more efficient and effective way.
- To suggest improvements to procedure, processes and quality control.
- To provide advice to other staff, both technical and non-technical, on construction and building related matters. This is to include desktop reviews of drawings and specifications for new developments to advise the Soft Landings team members of issues to be resolved.
- Monitor the performance of contractors and consultants and provide reports to the Contract Manager or Head of Service.
- Carry out post inspection/quality control checks on works and pursue any necessary redress to achieve satisfactory completion.
- Carry out H&S spot checks and monitor contractors and ensure contractors are working safely and complying with all relevant Health & Safety risk assessments and method statements.
- To manage complaints through the complaints process, receiving, taking ownership and providing written responses as required.
- Undertake the role of lead officer for responsive repair and void works and follow my clients contract management framework.
- To monitor and keep accurate records of progress on site, including a record of any variations, snagging and health and safety records. Accurately update Orchard and APEX on the progress of all jobs. Accurately record and acknowledge all customer contacts, complaint details, actions and learning points on CRM/CD.
- Promote and encourage customers to verify and self-serve on our customer portal and mobile app.
- Embrace and promote my clients culture, values and behaviours, helping to create an environment which is supportive, and a place where it's enjoyable to work.
- To carry out any tasks deemed appropriate or required by the Contract Manager or Head of Service with the team, to create greater resilience across service charge setting activities.
- Be available for OOH cover, when necessary, as per the agreed rota for Contract Services
Title: Maintenance Surveyor
Salary: £42,000 (12 Month FTC)
Location: Battle, covering a patch of east Sussex
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Contracts Manager (Capital Works)
A great new opportunity has arisen for a Contract Manager (Capital Works) to join a main social housing contractor on a permanent basis based in Essex. This would be a permanent role paying between £59,000 - £61,000 Benefits.
Job Purpose:
To lead and manage, direct, and plan all works to be carried out by the resources under the post holders' control, in particular regard to the level of service, quality, quantity, cost control and meeting contractual requirements.
To be responsible for the overall direction and financial control of the business/work areas, to ensure that the required level of profitability is generated on an annual basis.
Duties:
* To have full managerial responsibility for the allocated work areas, involving the supervision of all contractors.
* To ensure that all work is programmed and completed within contractually defined timescales.
* To develop and implement Quality Management Procedures to produce quality standards.
* To ensure that the invoicing of all completed works, is undertaken within strict timescales, and that income is maximised.
* To work closely with the client and client representatives, to ensure that high quality service delivery is provided.
To effectively monitor operational and financial information as defined in the business plan and take corrective action where necessary.
* To ensure that good industrial relations are maintained, and safety is managed in accordance with the legislative requirements and good working practices.
* To plan and programme the workload to ensure correct job progression. Ensure that all materials and information are available to the cost centre teams when required, including pre-ordering of materials and plant equipment as appropriate.
* To carry out on-site inspections, undertake investigations, enquiries, prepare reports and offer solutions and areas for improvement.
Title: Contracts Manager (Capital Delivery)
Salary: £59,000 - £61,000 Benefits
Location: Essex
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