Surveying Services Review Consultant

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.