We are looking for a motivational team leader. If you're a technically skilled professional Building Control Inspector who would love to lead their own team, this is your opportunity to do just that and to make a real difference.
We are looking for someone who loves what they do but wants more.
What We Offer
We understand the importance of work-life balance and career progression, and we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive both personally and professionally:
- Flexible Working Options:
- Career Development Opportunities:
- Competitive Salary & Benefits, including 30 days annual leave (rising with service), pension scheme, additional annual leave purchase scheme and NLC benefit platform:
- Free car parking:
The Council
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.
We are looking for someone who shares our values of integrity, care, and commitment to social impact.
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is an English county known for its steel industry in the urban centre of Scunthorpe and its quiet, rural areas with market towns and countryside, including the Isle of Axholme. It features significant heritage sites and a rich tradition of walking and cycling. The Humber Bridge, connecting the region to Yorkshire, is a major landmark, and Humberside Airport serves the area. It's also recognized for its unique cultural events, such as the Haxey Hood.
The area has over 600 miles of footpaths, cycleways and water ways, as well as 17 nature reserves and a range of cultural venues that promote our local history and heritage. See the Visit North Lincolnshire website for full details of all that is available for visitors and locals alike.
Our successful Team Leader will be someone who will develop and support the team through training, mentoring and professional development, and who will help drive the Council’s priorities and vision, through the development of a culture of excellence, accountability, and value for money.
With a proven strategic mindset, you’ll be pivotal in the development of quality and risk assurance, service plans and performance management ensuring compliance, delivery of quality services and operational effectiveness and efficiency. We also want you to shape the service for the future, including new commercial opportunities.
You will develop and maintain effective policies and procedures to ensure the team assists in the successful delivery of the Council’s vision You’ll provide advice and interpret policies, engaging in pre- application discussions and remain up to date with any changes in the Building Regulations and other relevant legislation that could impact our services. Organised and conscientious, you’ll manage a portfolio of applications, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations including Building Regulations, liaising with both internal and external stakeholder.
Class 2A – F registration and an ability to work towards Class 3 (G – H) and Class 4.
What We Offer
We understand the importance of work-life balance and career progression, and we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive both personally and professionally:
- Flexible Working Options: Hybrid working allows you to balance time between home and office.
- Career Development Opportunities: Continuous professional development, access to management training, and opportunities for career progression. We pay BSR registration and maintenance fees.
- Competitive Salary & Benefits: We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including 30 days annual leave (rising with service), pension scheme, additional annual leave purchase scheme and NLC benefit platform. This position attracts a supplement of six per cent in addition to your salary, in lieu of a lease car.
- Flexible Working Options: Hybrid working allows you to balance time between home and office.
Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
For an informal discussion, please contact Liz Webster at liz.webster@northlincs.gov.uk or 01724 297629
About North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is located in eastern England and is home to 172,000 people.
The largest town in North Lincolnshire is Scunthorpe, which has around 80,000 residents. Scunthorpe is best known for its steel industry, as the town has the largest steel works in England. Thousands of people living in the town work at the steel works, and in other manufacturing industries. It is also a diverse town, with people from many different cultural and religious backgrounds making Scunthorpe their home.
Scunthorpe is a busy, urban centre, but the rest of North Lincolnshire is much quieter and more rural, made up of attractive market towns, villages, farms, and open countryside.
Transport
It is easy to reach other parts of England from North Lincolnshire, by road, rail and bus.
Road – The M180 motorway runs through the middle of North Lincolnshire. Going west, you are in easy reach of large cities in Yorkshire such as Doncaster (40 minutes from Scunthorpe) and Sheffield (60 minutes from Scunthorpe). Going east, you reach Grimsby (35 minutes from Scunthorpe), a port town known for its fishing industry, and Cleethorpes (40 minutes from Scunthorpe), a traditional seaside town on the Lincolnshire coast.
The A15 is also a major route. Southbound, the road links North Lincolnshire with the historic cathedral city of Lincoln (45 minutes from Scunthorpe). Taking the A15 north over the Humber Bridge brings you to Hull (50 minutes from Scunthorpe).
North Lincolnshire is also close to the M62 motorway, providing quick access to Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire. York (70 minutes from Scunthorpe), Leeds (60 minutes from Scunthorpe), Bradford (70 minutes from Scunthorpe) and Manchester (110 minutes from Scunthorpe), can all be reached from the M62.
Leisure and recreation
There is lots to do in your spare time in North Lincolnshire. The area has over 600 miles of footpaths, cycleways and water ways, as well as 17 nature reserves and a range of cultural venues that promote our local history and heritage. See the Visit North Lincolnshire website for full details of all that is available for visitors and locals alike.
