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Almond Housing Association Hybrid
Property Officer
Permanent | Full Time
Our Mission
Homes, people and communities to be proud of.
Our Vision
Striving to improve life experiences and opportunities.
About The Role
We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Property Officer to support the effective management and maintenance of our property portfolio, helping us deliver safe, high-quality homes and excellent customer service.
This is a varied role within our Asset Management team, with responsibility for:
- Instructing and monitoring repairs
- Delivering voids work
- Carrying out inspections and surveys
- Maintaining accurate records
- Ensuring statutory compliance across areas such as health and safety, fire, asbestos, and gas
You’ll work closely with tenants, factored owners, colleagues, contractors, and external partners to resolve property enquiries, coordinate works, support project outcomes, and contribute to continuous improvement across our property services.
About Us
We’re a small organisation that makes a big impact in the communities where our tenants live. At Almond, we focus on what WORKS for our customers and colleagues. Our values are:
- Work together
- Open to change
- Respect
- Kindness
- Social
If you’re someone who takes pride in delivering excellent customer service, has strong technical property knowledge, and shares our values, we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Instructing, monitoring, and controlling repairs for tenants and factored owners, including void works, to support KPI delivery
- Carrying out inspections, risk assessments, and stock condition surveys, recording accurate data, and prioritising works
- Applying statutory compliance requirements, including health and safety, fire, asbestos, and gas, to maintain legal and organisational standards
- Liaising with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and external bodies to arrange works, monitor progress, and verify outcomes
- Maintaining asset and repairs records, processing invoices and vouchers, and inputting accurate financial information to systems
- Providing clear advice, resolving routine and moderately complex property issues, handling first-stage complaints, and escalating high-risk matters where required
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What We’re Looking For
- An HND in a building-related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
- Substantial experience working across a property portfolio and coordinating property-related activity across departments
- Significant experience of repairs, voids, inspections, risk assessments, stock condition surveys, and statutory compliance
- Strong understanding of contractor coordination, asset records, invoice verification, financial system updates, and safe working practices
- Excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills, with the ability to prioritise a varied workload and work well under pressure
- A full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes, with the ability to undertake lone working, use PPE, and carry or move ladders where required.
Why Join Us
- You’ll play an important role in maintaining safe, high-quality homes and protecting our assets
- You’ll work on a varied range of property matters, repairs, inspections, compliance activity, and project support
- You’ll join a values-led organisation committed to collaboration, respect, and continuous improvement
- You’ll help deliver services that make a direct difference to customers and communities
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What We Offer
- Salary: £48,595
- Working hours: 36 hours over Monday to Friday
- 9-day fortnight option: Every other Friday rest day
- Hybrid working: Minimum of 2 days per week in the office
- Office location: Livingston
- A varied property role supporting repairs, inspections, compliance, and asset management activity
- The opportunity to work collaboratively across the organisation and with external partners to deliver positive outcomes
- A rewarding role helping maintain safe homes, strong communities, and excellent customer service
Benefits Include
- Excellent work/life balance culture
- Access to online health and wellbeing services
- Contribution towards gym membership
- Pension scheme from day one with a 10% employer contribution
Closing Date
Monday 20th July
Interviews
Weeks commencing 27th July
We do not accept CV’s
To find out more and apply, please visit our website https://www.almondha.org.uk/about-us/current-vacancies/property-officer/
Equal Opportunities
Almond is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and will consider all applicants fairly. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
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