Quantity Surveyor

The role

The Southwark Highways team is evolving, with exciting opportunities, new ways of working and a record of delivery. We're looking for enthusiastic Quantity Surveyor to join the team to provide specialist advice on divisional commercial functions, including Quantity Surveying and advising on contractual issues. The role allows the Highways division to be commercially astute, efficiently resolve contractual issues and manage expenditure. The role ensures that services meet operational and functional requirements and provides advice in the key commercial service area.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and continuously improve service areas as a centre of best practice by proactively helping managing the commercial team's portfolio to meet the objectives of the Council.

Work collaboratively with managers in other business units and divisions to ensure consistency of approach on financial and commercial aspects of contract and project management.

Provide insight and guidance on the management, letting and operational efficiencies of contracts in the delivery of the Highways programme to an annual value of around £5,000,000 and on multi-year contracts to a value of over £20,000,000.

About You:

We're looking for candidates with a positive approach to solving problems, who work well in a team and are comfortable driving innovation in what we do and how we do it.

Based in our London Bridge Head Office, we offer a full range of flexible working options with great career development opportunities.

We look forward to you joining us and helping to create a fairer future for all of our Southwark residents.

About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark's residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.  Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark's communities and the council's staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

Recruitment timetable

Advert closes 11.59pm on Sunday 24th November 2024

Interview start date w/c Monday 16 December 2024

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

* Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
* Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
* If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme . We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Additional details

Benefits and more information:

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.