Job Description

Job Introduction

Royal Greenwich is proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst working within a challenging financial environment.


The Repairs and Investment service within the Housing and Safer Communities Directorate, delivers responsive repairs, capital and major works, and all safety and compliance services to our 25,000 Council tenants and leaseholders. We carry out approx. 80,000 repairs a year, and will this year deliver capital programmes of c30m through a range of contractors. Our repairs service is mainly delivered by our in-house team, with some more specialist services being delivered by external contractors.


As one of London's largest social landlords, our number one priority and focus is the safety of our tenants and our staff members, and a new Compliance team has been created to bring focus and ownership for the business.


We are looking for a qualified, experienced and professional Electrical Supervisor to form part of this service. You will not just be an expert in your field, but understand that process, procedures and good management are key to keeping people safe within their homes and our buildings.


You will have the ability and task of supporting the Electrical Delivery Manager for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, helping to support the implementation of new IT systems, creating new policies and embedding working practices to ensure we are complying with legislation and regulations.


Your passion for safety will be matched by your structured approach to managing electrical safety within our stock.


The successful candidate will take a supporting role, encouraging innovation and looking for ways to do things better.


The successful candidate will have excellent IT, written and communication skills, being at home communicating with residents, key elected members and stakeholders, building a positive 'Can-Do' culture within the service.


We offer great career potential and continued professional development to ensure that we get the best out of you but you receive the best support from us.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Danny Whybrow; Danny.Whybrow@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Diversity Statement:

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications:

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close:

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Full Employment History:

A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored:

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary:

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Our Staff Values:

Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.