Job Description

Job Advert

Salary and grade:

62,445 to 67,884 per year, Grade 9

Duration of role:

Permanent

Hours per week:

37 hours per week

Location

: The designated office base is Abbey House, Abingdon. The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work

Closing Date

: 8th August 2025

About the role and what we're looking for

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils operate a shared building control service.

We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking team leader to manage and deliver our building control service. You will be the lead officer for building regulations and associated legislation. If you have excellent building knowledge along with the ability to effectively lead a team, this could be the role for you.

Main duties and responsibilities

The role will support the service manager in all aspects of their work including substituting for them, checking and challenging documents, management and leadership of staff across the service team in their absence. Also:



to undertake the necessary professional duties associated with ensuring compliance with building regulations. to develop, maintain and refine team processes and procedures to support and facilitate the delivery of a high quality and efficient building control service to ensure that Building Regulation applications and associated work processes are carried out in accordance with documented procedures, timescales and deadlines and all work is conducted in a timely and professional manner manage the team to carry out site inspections to ensure compliance to building regulations and other relevant legislation, and inspection of dangerous structures and taking appropriate action to ensure strong and robust line management of the team through taking a lead role in the successful delivery of the service and the day-to-day supervision of employees within your team, including the management of performance, annual leave, annualised hours, sickness and expenses claims leading by example in modelling the conduct, behaviour and values expected of the councils' employees and establish a working environment within your team in which individuals can excel Being responsible for the appointment and development of all members in your team assisting and managing other aspects of the team's work including input into access, sustainability, fire safety and new legislation



The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post.

About you

Your essential skills, knowledge and experience



Extensive knowledge and understanding of Building Act, The Building Regulations and all associated legislative frameworks relating to Building Control and a willingness and desire to keep knowledge up to date Proven experience of successfully managing and leading a team, providing constructive feedback on performance and encouraging individuals to take training opportunities Ability to work independently and take initiative for implementing improvements Working, relatable knowledge and understanding of local government structure and political frameworks Proven track record at maintaining an excellent level of competence in a constantly changing and competitive environment Able to communicate ideas and expectations clearly, succinctly, using plain language and able to demonstrate political awareness and sensitivity Working knowledge and understanding of health and safety issues and foster good practice within the team Occasionally deal with potentially dangerous structure situations in inclement conditions and anti-social times Ability to act as the lead officer ensuring compliance and enforcement within Building Regulations and ancillary legislation Excellent organisational skills together with prioritisation of available resources and management of appropriate performance systems Proficient in the use of IT packages



Your essential qualifications



Degree or an equivalent qualification in building studies or a related field Full professional membership of RICS, CABE or equivalent At least five years working at a senior level in the building control profession Minimum Registered as a Class 2F & Class 4 Building Inspector Hold full and current driving licence with ready access to a vehicle that is insured for business use

The benefits we offer

A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year Flexible working and annualised hours - a flexible approach to work that our employees love! Salary pay awards - most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work! Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more) We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community * A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave