Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Canary Wharf, Colchester, Croydon, Durham, Eastbourne, Folkestone, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Norwich, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Wembley.
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector’s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. Our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales.
We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.
We’re looking for talented people who are eager to contribute to vital public services and assist us to deliver taxation and benefits support to the government and local authorities. Your skills and experience will enable us to provide an efficient, effective service right at the heart of the public interest.
Specialist Property Inspector – Role Overview
The successful candidates will sit in one of the North, East or West Inspection Teams which are a part of the Property Inspection and Operational Support Team within the National Valuation Unit (NVU) directorate.
As a Specialist property Inspector, you’ll have the opportunity to work on complex and challenging projects, where every day is different and every building is different. You will inspect a wide variety of high value, highly complex and specialised property. These properties are often politically and security sensitive.
Specialist Property Inspector – Key responsibilities
Key responsibilities:
The successful candidates must be able and willing to travel. You will be expected to regularly travel to property inspections across the country and occasional overnight stays, alongside a blend of attendance at the office and working from home following VOA Policy.
We are looking for candidates who have a keen interest in the property sector and are self-motivated, with a desire to further develop their property inspecting knowledge and career. You will have experience in collating and analysing a wide range of information in order to make effective decisions and be able to communicate technical or complex information clearly and simply to customers and stakeholders.
Essential Requirements
Some sites are difficult to access via public transport and therefore a full UK Driving Licence is essential to the role. However, if you are considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010 and do not hold a full driving licence, we will consider your application. Please contact resourcingteam@voa.gov.uk with your details to discuss this further.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Alongside your salary of £35,738, Valuation Office Agency contributes £10,353 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We offer a range of flexible working options, a generous leave allowance that starts at 25 days and goes up to 30 days after 5 years’ service and a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
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