Repairs and Contract Officer

Additional salary details

Do you thrive on variety, responsibility, and making a visible difference in your community? At Southwark Council, we're looking for a dynamic Repairs & Contract Officer to join our Garages Team within Homeownership Services. This isn't just a desk job – it's a role where no two days are the same.

Here's what makes this opportunity stand out:

• Diverse impact from day-to-day repairs and maintenance to large-scale refurbishment projects, you'll oversee the full lifecycle of our garage portfolio.
• High visibility role in your work directly reduces income loss and improves the quality of services for residents across the borough.
• Career growth as this role is designed for those who want to sharpen their contract management and surveying skills, while gaining valuable exposure to wider property and asset management functions.

The role

What you'll be doing:

• Managing the repairs, maintenance, refurbishments, and voids across Southwark's extensive garage portfolio.
• Conducting regular inspections, ensuring compliance with non-residential tenancy agreements.
• Leading on stock condition monitoring and organising timely repairs or major works.
• Overseeing service and maintenance contracts to guarantee compliance, quality, and safety.
• Collaborating with internal teams across the council to resolve issues and improve service delivery.
• Driving performance against budgets and targets, ensuring value for money and efficiency.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Surveying (HND or equivalent) qualification, or substantial relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of repairs, maintenance, contracts, and voids management.
• A clear understanding of Health & Safety and Fire Safety in non-residential properties.
• Excellent decision-making and analytical skills with a focus on outcomes.
• Ability to prioritise, manage deadlines, and handle conflicting priorities.
• Strong customer focus and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and confident working on your own initiative.
• A confident communicator with a diplomatic yet assertive approach
• Enjoy a balanced approach with flexible home working, alongside occasional travel to our London Bridge HQ.

Recruitment timetable

About Southwark Council

Southwark Council is 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 such as The Shard, The Tate Modern and Borough Market along with many 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.

Benefits and more information:

Salary: £38,637 - £44,937

Recruitment timetable:

Application Closing Date: 11:59 PM on 23rd of November 2025

Interview Dates: W/C The 1st of December 2025

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 initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

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 reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, in which case we will move the key dates for the process. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Job Reference: SC07734