Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 07 September 2026
Closing Date: 30 August 2026
Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 to £47,604.34
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Designated home worker, Base is Fife House Glenrothes
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Exciting opportunity to undertake the technical assessment, research, and production of content in the delivery of the wide range of building standards system services and activities provided by the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH) as a Technical Support Surveyor.
Building and construction is a key sector contributing to Scotland’s economy every year. Following the fire at Grenfell Tower and other high profile building failures the Scottish Government set up the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety to determine what action was needed in Scotland to ensure that buildings were safe for the people who live in and use them.
As a result of the Ministerial Working Group and the Expert Review Panels on Compliance and Enforcement and Fire Safety, recommendations for longer term changes to the building standards system in Scotland were made. The Scottish Government’s Building Standards Futures Programme Board was established to deliver the recommendations and oversee transformational change including changes to the Building Standards Delivery Model.
As part of this transformational change the ‘Scottish Building Standards Hub’ was established on the
24
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May 2024 to deliver a range of building standards system services for all 32 Scottish local authority building standards teams, to operate hubs of expertise, support operational partnerships and transformation and deliver learning and development. The Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH) is a specialist stand-alone unit hosted within Fife Council’s Protective Services.
Being responsible for technical assessment, research, and production of content you will provide a key role in the delivery of the range of building standards system services and activities provided by the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH).
Key areas of work include:
You will undertake research, consult, and advise on matters through the national Dispute Resolution Process on the interpretation or application of a technical, procedural or regulatory matter.
You will undertake research, consult, and collaborate with all relevant stakeholders on matters of a technical, procedural, or regulatory nature in relation to building standards and other associated legislation, in the delivery of all related SBSH services and activities.
A link to the Role Profile is provided at the bottom of this advert. It provides more detail about the key activities of the role.
You must have an appreciation of tasks undertaken within a Building Standards & Public Safety environment as well as substantial Building Standards and Public Safety verification service experience (approval and compliance/inspection). You must be educated to degree level or equivalent. Being a member of an appropriate professional body e.g., RICS or CABE, is desirable but not essential.
In addition, you must be able to demonstrate:
Knowledge and understanding of Scottish Building Standards and Public Safety legislation theory, regulations, and service delivery standards,
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