Job Description
Help Shape the Future of Our Commercial Property Portfolio
About the role
Are you ready to join our Commercial Stock Condition Surveying Team to provide quality information and help us understand our Commercial property portfolio? If you have strong property knowledge and a willingness to learn in a flexible working environment this could be the job for you.
You will capture the information about our Commercial property that will enable us to prepare accurate planned investment programmes. This role could suit anyone with a property maintenance and repairs background and especially those with surveying knowledge and experience.
Please note: These are temporary positions for up to 9 months.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is confident working independently and managing their own workload
- Takes pride in delivering thorough, accurate assessment surveys
- Goes beyond the obvious to identify the root cause of defects
- Has experience assessing the age, condition, and remaining life of building components
- Brings practical property knowledge and a proactive, investigative mindset
If you enjoy problem-solving, value quality information, and want to contribute to smarter property investment decisions, we’d love to hear from you.
About Plymouth Community Homes
We are the city’s largest social housing association, with over 16,000 properties providing homes for more than 35,000 people, and we’re aiming to grow, to provide more people with high-quality, affordable homes to rent and buy.
With a great workforce and a focus on people, we deliver good quality, well-managed and well-maintained homes.
What we can offer you:
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time and hybrid working
- Excellent pension scheme with a high level of employer contributions
- Free, fully equipped onsite gym and changing facilities.
- The opportunity to carry out volunteer work for 3 days a year through our Make a Difference scheme
- Annual leave of 25 days (rising to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays and holiday trading option
- Free Employee Assistance programme, including free counselling
- Free annual flu vaccination
- Cycle to Work scheme
- The opportunity to work in a beautiful and vibrant part of the Southwest
- We support digital working with modern devices/smart phones
- It's fun to work here- we have dress down Fridays, company quizzes, and lots of charity events throughout the year
- Our modern and spacious offices are right on a bus route, and just three miles from the city centre
- We get a daily visit from a local food van, and within walking distance to local Crownhill shops, Warrens, M&S Foodhall, Co-op, Starbucks and Tim Hortons
To Apply:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please select Apply, complete the form, refer to the person specification to show how your knowledge, skills and experience match the role, and upload your CV.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact t Jonathan Quinn, Commercial Asset Lead on 07710062930.
This post is not suitable for job share.
Shortlisting Date: 22nd May 2026
Interview Date: 1st June 2026
If you are a permanent employee applying for a secondment, please ensure that your line manager supports your application. If you are a fixed term employee and are successful, you will be offered this role on a fixed term contract.
If you are an apprentice, please ensure that you make the Learning & Development team aware that you intend to apply for this position.
We are a committed Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from suitably talented people from any community and background.