Senior Technical Officer (Operations)

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is a workstyle 5.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

As Senior Technical Officer (Operations) you will be working within the Housing Assets - Housing Technical team assisting in maintaining the council’s housing stock to SHQS standard, delivering EESSH compliance, a range of housing improvements and adaptations. Knowledge of current Scottish housing maintenance issues, regulations and legislation is essential.

Our aim is to provide delivery of service efficiency and cost effectively to produce a well-designed end product that promotes Angus as a great place for people to live, work and visit. You will be joining a friendly motivated team with a broad range of experience and skill sets who will be supportive of your new role.

If you would like to discuss the role in advance of applying please contact Carly Jackson, Acting Team Leader (Housing Technical) on 07879 412 610 or by email JacksonC@angus.gov.uk.

This job is temporary for up to 12 months from date of appointment.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have approval of your line manager/organisation.

Please note interviews will be held Wednesday, 14 May 2025.

Requirements

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.