Royal Greenwich is proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst working within a challenging financial environment.
The Repairs and Investment service within the Housing and Safer Communities Directorate, delivers responsive repairs, capital and major works, and all safety and compliance services to our 25,000 Council tenants and leaseholders. We carry out approx. 80,000 repairs a year, and will this year deliver capital programmes of c£30m through a range of contractors. Our repairs service is mainly delivered by our in-house team, with some more specialist services being delivered by external contractors.
As one of London’s largest social landlords, our number one priority and focus is the safety of our tenants and our staff members, and a new Compliance team has been created to bring focus and ownership for the business.
As this is a trainee post we are looking for energetic, self-motivated and an eager to learn individual to join the compliance team at Royal Borough of Greenwich for this exciting new post.
This is a great opportunity to learn, undertaken essential training courses and develop your skills and experience within the big six compliance areas, Gas, Electrical, Fire safety, Legionella, Lifts and Electrical.
Ideally you would have good IT and communication skills but all other essential training will be provided, we will be building a positive ‘Can-Do’ culture within the service, if you are willing to learn, eager to progress your career in the housing industry this is a great opportunity to do so.
This position offers great trainee opportunity and career potential within compliance and professional development to ensure that we get the best out of you but you receive the
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Laura Gillham; Laura.Gillham at royalgreenwich.gov dot uk 0208 921 6005
If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment at royalgreenwich.gov dot uk or call 020-8921-8977
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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