Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 31 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Contract Type: Temporary for 2 years
Salary: FC6 £31,761.26 - £34,914.86
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week (2 posts available)
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
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Job Details
As a Housing Technical Officer, you will play a key role within the Housing Condition & Supply Service, working collaboratively with colleagues across Housing, Building Services and Property Services.
Using your specialist knowledge and technical expertise, you will provide advice, guidance and support to help deliver safe, compliant and well-maintained housing stock.
Based primarily within the Complex Projects Team, you will be responsible for delivering a range of fire safety and compliance activities across high-rise and sheltered/retirement housing complexes. This includes carrying out monthly emergency lighting inspections, supporting fire stopping programmes and working closely with external contractors to ensure residents' safety remains a priority.
Key responsibilities include:
- Undertaking monthly emergency lighting inspections using the DRS system on electronic handsets.
- Managing fire safety and fire stopping projects from inception through to completion, ensuring works are delivered efficiently and in line with relevant legislation and standards.
- Working in partnership with contractors, residents and internal stakeholders to maintain high standards of safety and compliance.
- Carrying out property and building inspections, identifying and recording additional repair requirements, and liaising with local housing teams where concerns are identified.
- Raising, monitoring and managing works through appropriate systems to ensure timely completion.
- Conducting post-inspection checks to verify that works have been completed to the required standard.
- Providing updates and technical advice to colleagues, contractors and other stakeholders.
- Ensuring compliance with Health and Safety legislation, Building Regulations and CDM regulations at all times.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical knowledge, project management skills and a commitment to delivering safe, high-quality housing services for our residents.
Housing Condition & Supply Workstreams:
- Projects and Major Works - Fire, flood, and structural repairs, responsible for the 1 st stage recharge appeal process.
- Property Acquisitions - Search properties on the open market, purchasing to increase housing stock.
- Repairs - conduct repair and maintenance inspections in tenanted properties across Fife, raise work orders required on the handset and record rechargeable repairs.
- Damp and Condensation - visit properties throughout Fife from tenants reporting issues with damp and condensation, raise relevant works required on handset. Provide guidance and refer to internal or external agencies to support tenants where required.
- HRA budgets and projects - review monthly reports ensuring correct budgets and codes are being used.
- Complex Projects - ensuring fire safety within high and low-rise buildings.
- New builds - Supporting the delivery of new Build Housing Projects Fife Wide including 12-month post-handover repairs/defect support.
- Climate team - Delivery of insulation works internally and externally, delivery on Net Zero (previously EESSH2), dampness works and gas safety checks.
- EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) - Survey to identify elements requiring replacement along with ensuring Energy Performance Certificate is valid.
- Component Replacement and No Access) - ensure compliance with the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) of the Component Replacement Programme.
This role is field based with the use of total mobile technology (DRS) through a handset or tablet which will be provided.
A significant part of the role is lone working; you will be required to travel to on-site visits and attend office buildings throughout Fife as required.
The Person
You should have a knowledge of Housing policies and practices to provide a regular and effective service. You should be able to demonstrate communication skills and be customer focused, a well organised individual to manage competing demands.
Educated to SVQ 3 in a Housing or Health & Social Care or an equivalent recognised qualification.
Experience with systems - Office 365, Oracle, SharePoint, CPM, CX and Microsoft packages.
Provided with training and shadowing opportunities to gain experience new skills.
Ability to travel throughout Fife, travel expenses are paid in line with Fife Council policy.
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For further information please contact: Joni Given - [email protected]
