About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SERENA’S VISION

Growth, Planning and Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where innovative and open-minded people bring everything to the cause. Even expertise from surprising places.

Take Serena. She is an absolute force of nature at the heart of our Church Street regeneration. And she puts the residents first in everything. Serena’s vision is clear. Regeneration isn’t just about bricks and concrete. It’s about communities. It’s about the environment. It’s about the lives of people and how they feel about where they call home. Serena is their advocate, making sure residents’ voices aren’t just heard, but drive the changes we’re making. The future is safe in her hands.

Please view the extraordinary story of Serena’s Vision here.

The Role:

As an Assistant Client Surveyor you can make your own powerful contribution to the delivery of an ambitious capital programme. You’ll be integral to our mission: to ensure residents across Westminster have the very best. That means a supportive and safe environment, with access to high quality, affordable housing and the chance to build fantastic careers in world-leading industries.

You’ll be supporting the Client Surveyors and the team in the planning of building refurbishment projects. You will work on projects through strategic definition, into preparation and brief (RIBA Stages 0-2). Helping with a range of projects, targets and deadlines at any one time, you’ll make sure our delivery team and contractor partners are fully briefed on the expected scope and performance of design works. You’ll be part of a team helping to drive ongoing improvements by monitoring and reviewing lessons learnt from completed projects. Supporting the Client Surveyors and the team in decision-making and monitoring of works, you’ll forge influential relationships with a wide range of people across the council - from our Housing team and resident advocates, to repairs and leaseholder officers.

Here, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment within a diverse team. We’ll support you at every step of the way in your day-to-day activities and career. Crucially, we’ll champion your long-term ambitions with a range of bold training and development opportunities.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

As a member of RICS, CIOB or similar, you’ll bring to the role professionalism in a building surveying or project management environment, delivering high impact construction projects to time, cost and quality standards. Having experience in the condition survey assessment of residential property would be a real advantage. You’ll certainly demonstrate the ability to ascertain improvement works and the liability of each element of work.

Crucially, you’ll also have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop close collaborative relationships with people at all levels. You have the acumen and confidence to challenge proposals and ensure they evidence value for money. Awareness of legislation including the Landlord and Tenant Act is important, too.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to over 250,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.