Apprentice Property Surveyor

Job Vacancy – Apprentice Property Surveyor (Level 4/ higher apprenticeship)   

Salary: £20,829.25    

Hours: 36.25 hours per week  

Duration: 42-month, Fixed Term Contract 

Location: Agile Working (mixture of working at home and our office based in Sale) 

Start Date: 12th September 2022 

Trafford Housing Trust, also referred to as THT, is a profit-for-purpose housing association with a mission to make society fairer for everyone.

We're actively building diverse teams and encouraging applications from everybody. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve. We are a disability-confident organisation and will support applications with reasonable adjustments, including those who are neuro-diverse.

Our vision is that everyone deserves a quality home that provides them with the opportunity to live a better life. Our purpose is to provide homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.

We put our customers at the heart of everything we do. That's why, as well as building and managing quality homes, we look after the families that live in them and their community.

Is this a mission you'd love to have a helping hand in? We are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice keen to learn and develop their skills in property services.

What do the team do?

The Repairs and Voids team within the Property Services directorate provides repair/replace and maintenance services to ensure all our homes are well maintained and safe.

The role

The duration of the role is a forty-two-month fixed-term contract to cover the length of the apprenticeship programme.

The Assistant Property Surveyor Apprentice will work within the Repairs and Voids Team providing a first-class service to our customers.

The main duties of the role include:

• Visiting domestic properties to assess/manage repairs, writing up schedules and specifications and invoicing repair work.

• Carrying out technical site visits/post-inspections and looking after any customer queries.

• Building, maintaining and managing relationships with contractors on site.

You will undertake a level 4, Construction Site Supervisor apprenticeship to support your development and chosen career path. Whilst undertaking your learning programme, your manager will help guide your development and day-to-day work, a mentor will provide extra support throughout your role, and you'll be working alongside experienced colleagues to learn hands-on, work-based skills.

The candidate:

We look for the following in all our apprentices:

• Enthusiasm for the role and THT.
• Ability to understand and be understood, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to work independently, as well as being a good team player.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage/prioritise own workload to meet deadlines.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to learn and grow.
• Acceptable standard of education, ideally having gained a Level 3 Building Surveying/Construction qualification, plus GCSE’s in English and Maths, Grade C / Grade 4 or above.

In addition, the following skills/experience are desirable for the role:

• Practical ability to solve issues
• Knowledge of Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Full UK driving licence
• Previous building maintenance trade/surveying experience would be preferable.

What Trafford Housing Trust can offer you:

Trafford Housing Trust encourages a healthy work/life balance with family-friendly policies, and we offer an attractive benefits package for employees, as well as a competitive and transparent system of pay and reward. These benefits include:

• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Annual leave allowance of 31 days plus bank holidays
• Access to the Social Housing Defined Contribution pension scheme
• Be Smart savings
• Westfield Health Rewards* providing retailer discount
• Company sick pay
• Access to Westfield Private Health Plan*
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Free Trafford Leisure Gym Membership
• Recognition awards
• Option to join one of our inclusion networks
• Two Volunteering days a year
• Parental/Adoption leave
• Access to Wellbeing and Prayer rooms

Interested? If so, please complete your application. The closing date for all applications will be 8th July 2022. Good luck!

Please note we reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should we receive a high number of suitable applications and, therefore, would encourage early submission.