Senior Associate (Specialist) - Surveyor

Are you an experienced and highly skilled Surveying professional ready to help deliver the surveying requirements of the Organisation, ensuring work is delivered on time and to a high standard? If you are a proactive problem-solver with a proven track record in surveying and passion for excellence Barnardo's would love to hear from you.

This is a permanent full-time position, with a standard working week of 36.25 hours.

The role requires regular travel to properties primarily across Northern Ireland, including both urban and remote locations. As such, proximity to these sites is beneficial. Occasional travel will also be required to locations elsewhere, principally in the West of Scotland.

Ideal Candidate

• Educated to HNC or equivalent in Building/Surveying/Construction, or equivalent Professional qualification
• Experience of leadinglarge complex programmes of work and projects.
• Experience of deliveringandsupportinga building maintenance and management service across a diverse property portfolio.
• Ability to strategically support and deliver various projects within a portfolio
• Hold a full UK driving licence, business insurance and access to a car for work purposes (this will be waived for candidates with a disability who can demonstrate alternative means of meeting the mobility requirements of the post).

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Some of the key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsibility for delivery of a property maintenance and management service, including query management and other matters as required by the Senior Manager – Surveying Services.
• Ensuring compliance with specific standards and legislation.
• Undertaking annual inspections of all properties allocated, and uploading comprehensive reports within programme
• Supporting the Senior Manager - Surveying Services to establish culture change and processes within the team and the wider organisation, encouraging collaborative working, peer mentoring, and project rotation.
• Develop and lead projects and programmes of work.
• Responsibility for inspection, design (using CAD), planning, and execution of fitting out of new and existing properties, delivering projects within programme and budget.
• Negotiating dilapidation settlements for disposal of leased premises.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:22753
• Job Title:Senior Associate (Specialist) - Surveyor
• Location:Various locations across Northern Ireland
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:36.25
• Salary:£39,642 - £53,570 (FTE)
• Closing Date:6 May 2026