Property Inspector

Wigan

Full Time

£31,586 - £35,235

Permanent

Expires 05/01/2025

**About the Role**:
**Wigan Town Hall**
**Library Street**
**Wigan**
**WN1 1YN**

**Salary: Grade 7, £31,586 - £35,235 per annum.**

**37 hours per week**

**Permanent**

**Your role**:
This is an exciting role as part of Housing Services within the Council’s Places Directorate, which is entering a period of transformational change and development. In this role you will resolve cases of disrepair brought to the council.

You will work closely with our customers, contractors and various council teams so the ability to build positive relationships with our customers and partners is vital, focusing on delivery of excellent customer care and a commitment to listening and learning from tenant views and feedback. Our priority is delivering high quality homes and services for our current and future tenants.

**About you**:
You will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of repairs to disrepair cases. You will work with contractors to deliver a high standard of repairs in our tenant’s homes and communal areas ensuring service delivery is customer focused, consistently of the highest quality and cost effective.

You will embody our Team Wigan culture, behaviours and provide good quality homes for our existing and future tenants though disrepair casework.

**About us**:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in the housing disrepair team. We are passionate about delivering excellent customer care, high standards and good quality homes for our existing and future tenants, listening to the views of people to improve service delivery and outcomes for our residents.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits

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If you would like to have an informal chat about the role or require any further information, please contact Jo Grundy Service Manager Repairs and Maintenance on 07826918856.

**Interview date**:Monday 20th January 2025

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