Technical Officer

Proposed Interview Date

Week Commencing 26 January 2026

Sunday 18 January 2026

Permanent

FC6 £ 30,691.29 - £33,732.26

36 Hours per week

Fife Wide

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the

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This role is in the Housing Condition and supply team. Looking for officers for a new team – enforced access and SHQS work stream.

• Enforced access – to ensure our housing stock is compliant with Gas and Electrical testing.

• SHQS (Component replacement and no access) - Compliance with the Scottish Housing Quality Standard through the running of the Component Replacement Programme.

• The Housing condition team also covers a variety of works streams, which you may be required to cover. The teams in this section are:

  • Complex projects - Ensuring correct codes and budgets are being used. Looking after complex projects and updating everyone involved. Providing updates and guidance to rest of service.

  • Project and major works - Floods, storm damage and out of the ordinary incidents. Structural issues as well and recharges.

  • Affordable Housing - From viewing to purchasing an ex-council property to organising the work with our contractor to handover to the area team for allocation. Delivery of new Build Housing Projects on a Fife Wide Basis, including 12-month post-handover repairs/defect support.

  • Sustainability - Delivery of insulation works internally and externally, delivery on EESSH
    2.

  • Repairs - Repair, maintenance inspections and any fire damage flood related visits and repairs.

  • EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) - Surveys are undertaken to identify elements requiring replacement along with ensuring Energy Performance Certificate.

• Provide technical guidance and order work by use of appropriate systems (CX and CPM) and Tender procedures.

• Supervise the works to completion ensuring that Health and Safety Standards, Building Regulations and CDM regulations are adhered to.

• This can be a lone working role as well when out on site visits. Training and lone working devices will be provided.

• There will be office time and traveling to site (Travel expenses will be paid as well).

• All site visits run through our DRS system – Dynamic resource scheduler. Each job is sent to the electronic handset, and the officer processes the task from start to finish. Once completed then next job will appear till end of the working day.

• There will be opportunities to do training and shadowing to learn new skills.

• PPE will be supplied and technology as well to do this role.

You should have a knowledge of Housing policies and practices. You should be able to provide a regular and effective service. You should be able to demonstrate communication skills and be customer focused. You should also be a well organised individual to manage competing demands.

• Being familiar with Microsoft systems – Office 365 – SharePoint – word and excel.

• SVQ 3 in Housing or Health & Social Care or a Professional Qualification in Housing or Management or equivalent relevant qualification.

• Ability to travel within Fife will be appropriate.

Before your offer of employment can be confirmed, you will be required to obtain a disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

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