Graduate Apprentice / Graduate Building Standards Surveyor, Dingwall (2 vacancies), Inverness (1 vacancy)

Job Description

Post Title: Graduate Apprentice/ Graduate Building Standards Surveyor
Location: Dingwall (2 vacancies), Inverness (1 vacancy)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: HC03 to HC09 - £23,878.40 to to £46,410.00 - Placing will be dependent on experience and qualifications

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the relevant scale.

Contact Person: Scott Willox Tel: 01463 785080 or Tony Miller Tel: 01349 868491

Job Purpose: This role is open to a candidate that has ambition to develop to a professional grade. The position initially will be on a fixed grade basis and will change annually as successful assessments/competencies/stages are achieved.

This is a progressive approach to developing a candidate ultimately leading to a building standards surveying post and will provide a structure for the advancement of skills, knowledge and competence leading to a qualification in building standards surveying.

The apprenticeship will form a contract that covers the candidate’s advancement, meeting the expectations for the Council. The contract will detail the range of duties and responsibilities of those involved within the organisation, management and mentoring of the role. Assessment of each stage will be in the form of a technical review by the Building Standards Management Team and the appointed Workplace Mentor with a recommendation to the Head of Infrastructure for approval.

The starting point would be a higher-level school leaver or practical qualification from further education; and the completion would be a Building Standards Surveyor that has achieved a Graduate Apprenticeship BSc (Hons) in Construction and the Built Environment and achievement of a minimum three years on the job training.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

The candidate will be educated and have achieved a minimum of 3
Highers at BBC or above (Subjects: Higher Maths and English at B;
Higher Physics or other science/technical subject at C or above. The
candidate must meet the minimum entry requirements for access to a
Graduate Apprenticeship in BSc (Hons) Construction and the Built
Environmen.

The post holder must carry out a course of study which will involve workplace guided learning and some self-study

​​The post holder requires to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the Service.​