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Head of Building Control and Local Land Charges

1 month ago

Kettering, United Kingdom North Northamptonshire Council Full time

About the role
An exciting opportunity to join North Northamptonshire Council as Head of Building Control and Local Land Charges.

You will drive, innovate, and collaborate in identifying new trends and challenges as they emerge, considering relevant legislative changes and government thinking. Have corporate oversight and be responsible for advising Members, Internal Departments, and external stakeholders on any aspects of the Building Control and Local Land Charges Service.

You will champion a one team approach, and lead on the development and implementation of ambitious business plans to grow the service and secure consistent and strong financial performance, meeting all relevant national and local targets within the resources allocated.

You will act as the expert principal technical advisor on Building Control and Local Land Charges matters and take responsibility for technical and legal compliance with the Building Safety Act, the Building Regulations and associated acts, and the Local Land Charges Act 1975.

What will you be doing?
**Key Responsibilities**:

- To Lead and manage the councils Building Control and Local Land Charges service across North Northamptonshire.
- Ensuring that North Northamptonshire Council discharges its statutory duties relating to Building Regulations (including Demolitions, Dangerous Structures, Dilapidated and Ruinous Structures, and keeping a register of Initial Notices and Competent Person Schemes) and Local Land Charges (including maintaining the Land Charges Register, and a 10 working day turnaround time for Local search responses).
- Provide an efficient, well managed, customer-focussed & value-adding Building Control and Local Land Charges Service.
- Effectively managing budgets including monthly forecast reporting and annual reviews of fees and charges.
- To support the Assistant Director in developing and implementing a programme to drive transformation and organisational change to enable continuous service improvement through making best use of ‘digital’ and other technologies and best practice to provide an improved experience for service users, employees, members and partners.
- To lead on strategies for the marketing and promotion of the service to increase market share, and achieve/maintain external quality accreditation of the service to ensure a consistent, measurable, high quality service delivery to our customers and residents.

About you
**Professional Qualifications**

You will have a degree or diploma in Building studies, civil or structural engineering or building surveying and full corporate membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Institute of Building Engineers, Chartered Association of Building Engineers or similar Professional Institution Membership.

**Your skills**

Excellent leadership, negotiation and influencing skills,

Excellent communication skills, with high level of written, oral, presentation and IT user skills.

Ability to develop, influence and maintain good working relationships with a wide range of customers, stakeholders, and partners.

Innovative approach to problem solving and achieving value for money.

Commercial and marketing skills

Excellent performance and financial management skills.

About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected do they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

**Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.**
- We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete._

Our benefits
We offer:

- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (27 days, rising to 32 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

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