Job Introduction
Do you want to kick start your career in the wonderful world of Housing?
Well, you’ve come to the right place! We have an amazing opportunity to join us as an Apprentice Stock Condition Surveyor! Curious to know what this means? Let us tell you more……
Having a keen interest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation, you’ll be working closely with our Stock Condition Surveying Team, carrying out a range of building surveys and energy performance checks on homes across Yorkshire. In a stock condition survey, we inspect the fixtures and fittings in our customers’ homes and our communal areas so that we can plan for any future maintenance or upgrades. The energy performance checks factor in things such as carbon dioxide emissions and heating costs to give the property an energy efficiency rating.
At Yorkshire Housing, we’re all about investing in the next generation! This apprenticeship is your chance to gain essential skills while getting hands-on experience in creating safe, energy-efficient homes. You’ll also play a part in the bigger picture as we work towards the government’s target of all our homes hitting an energy rating of C or above by 2030. It’s a great opportunity to kickstart your career while making a real difference to the future of housing!
Want to know more? Read on…
What qualification will I be working towards?
You’ll be working towards completing a Level 3 qualification in Construction and the Built Environment, as well as working towards a Level 2 qualification in Understanding Domestic Retrofit. Your training college will be in Leeds and you’ll attend either on day release or block release, ensuring that all of your assignments and assessments are completed as you work towards your qualifications.
What will I be doing?
You’ll be working with a great team, who will support, guide and mentor you as you help to keep homes safe, efficient, and up to scratch. From getting hands-on with surveys to learning about smart home tech, this is a great opportunity to kickstart your career in housing.
Here’s what you’ll be getting up to:
- Helping out with stock condition surveys, making sure customers are always happy
- Getting involved in energy performance certificate surveys and lodgements
- Organising appointments and visits with customers, keeping everything on track
- Spotting any health and safety hazards and making sure they’re reported to keep homes safe
- Sorting out data queries and helping out our customer’s whose homes are using smart tech and sensors
- Learning all about asset management, decent homes standards, and how our data keeps everything compliant
- You’ll be getting out and about across Yorkshire as you travel with one of the team. On the days where you’re not visiting our customers’ homes, you’ll be able to work from home.
But that's not all – you’ll also spend time with our Asset Intelligence, Investment Delivery, and Sustainability Teams, giving you a full picture of the sector and how each team is driving change. It’s your chance to learn, grow, and be part of something exciting!
What you’ll bring to the role:
- 4 GCSE’s at Grade 4 (C) or above including English and Sciences and GCSE Maths at Grade 5 (B/C) or above
- A passion for construction, the built environment and sustainability
- An ability to provide a friendly and top notch service to our customers
- A keen eye for detail
- A pride and passion in your work
- An eagerness to develop your own skills
It would be a bonus if you had:
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle – or a desire to learn to drive and pass your driving test
- A good grasp of technology and competent in the use of mobile technology and Microsoft 365
If you’re sitting there thinking, I can’t quite bring everything to the role that they’re asking for, but I’m pretty confident I have a ton of other skills that make me stand out… Don’t let the bullet points put you off, we’re a friendly bunch and want to get the best people in the best roles and if that’s you, we’d love to hear from you!
A bit more about us
At Yorkshire Housing, we own and manage over 20,000 homes across the Yorkshire region. Providing our customers with a place they’re proud to call home is at the core of what we do. But our service doesn’t stop when the keys are in the door.
As we continue to develop new homes and our customer base expands, it’s more important than ever that we look towards our future talent and ensure we have the best people in place to provide excellent support to our customers. As an Apprentice Stock Condition Surveyor you’ll play a key role in making this happen.
What’s in it for you?
In return, we offer a salary of £13,995 per annum for 35 hours per week, 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays.
We also work (truly) flexibly, and believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go.
But that’s not all. We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.
Our people’s health and wellbeing is one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.
So, now you’re really interested?
At YH, we’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.
We’re committed to recruiting top talent and valuing our customers unique experiences to help us stay customer-focused. That’s why we’re actively encouraging our customers to apply.
If you require additional support with your application, or have any further questions, please contact our recruitment team via email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk.
The fine print
The closing date for applications will be 16th March 2025, but we might close it early if we get lots of fab candidates, so don’t hang around. As this role is an apprenticeship, it’s a 30-month fixed term contract, but once you’re fully qualified we’d work with you to secure you an opportunity with us at Yorkshire Housing as we know good talent when we see it!
Please remember to complete your application is as much detail as possible, if your CV isn’t the most detailed, your application is your time to shine!
We know not everyone excels at interviews which means we don’t always get the best out of people in a traditional interview. So, as you can probably tell we don’t do things the ‘typical’ way here at Yorkshire Housing so the next step of the process will involve a super exciting assessment centre approach where we get to see you face to face!
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