Interim Housing Surveying Service Review Consultant
£500p/d+ (up to £600p/d dependant on experience)
Reading Borough Council
Initial 4-month contract with a view to extend

A local authority we are partnered with are seeking an experienced Housing Surveying Consultant to undertake a comprehensive review of its Housing Surveying service. The assignment will assess current operations, compliance, capacity and processes, alongside benchmarking against comparable councils to design a future operating model for the service.
 
Key Responsibilities
·Conduct a diagnostic review of the current Housing Surveying service including structure, workflows and performance data.
·Assess compliance and risk across areas including Building Safety, CDM Regulations, fire safety, asbestos, gas, electrical and legionella requirements within project works.
·Evaluate staff capacity, skills and workforce structure against current and future service demand.
·Review processes, quality assurance and performance frameworks to identify efficiencies and improvements.
·Assess technology, systems and data management, recommending improvements where appropriate.
·Undertake benchmarking research across 6-10 comparable local authorities to identify best practice and innovation.
·Develop a future workforce strategy, target operating model and costed implementation roadmap.
 
Deliverables
·Discovery and diagnostic report
·Compliance gap analysis
·Market and peer benchmarking report
·Target operating model
·Technology and data recommendations
·Costed options appraisal and implementation roadmap
·Executive summary and presentation
 
Requirements
·UK Residents
·Minimum 3 year's experience delivering organisational reviews or service diagnostics, ideally within local authority housing services.
·Extensive knowledge of housing asset management, repairs, planned works and capital programmes.
·Ability to analyse complex data and provide clear, strategic recommendations.
·Professionally qualified Surveyor with CIOB or RICS accreditation.
 
If this assignment could be of interest, please get in touch to discuss further.