Damp and Mould Inspector

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, committed and motivated team member to join our busy Housing Assets Team as a Damp and Mould Inspector. Assets is a small team within the Housing Assets Service and plays an important role in ensuring our residents homes are safe and comfortable. 

• To assist in the delivery of an effective and efficient Asset management service, working collectively and collaboratively on the delivery of works to resident’s homes and communal areas.
• To carry out damp and mould inspections of properties to assess condition and identify required works required to bring properties to the Council’s required standards
• To ensure that works completed on site are as ordered and are of good quality.
• To promote and provide effective and efficient high quality customer service

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, and an ability to deal with our customers in a polite and professional manner. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, a “can do” attitude and will be willing to go the extra mile.  A flexible approach covering a wide range of services and to be able to resolve where possible customers enquiries at the first point of contact. 

Candidates must have proven experience working in a construction/building environment and be able to diagnose building faults also be numerate and literate and have an ability to provide high quality advice on behalf of the Asset Team. Experience of writing reports would be preferable.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don’t just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England’s offshore energy hub and Norfolk’s biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.