Asbestos Officer Waverley Court

Position

Asbestos Officer (Tenant Safety - Housing Service) – Waverley Court

Salary: £40,501 – £47,639

Hours:

36 per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Asbestos Officer to be appointed to a post within the City of Edinburgh Council Housing and Homelessness Services and to join the Housing Services Asbestos Team. This is a hybrid role, which will require the post holder to meet with the rest of the team at least once a week in our Edinburgh Office.

You will also often be required to attend meetings with contractors or carry out inspections in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

The post holder will support the Asbestos and Water Quality Manager in all aspects of asbestos‑related statutory compliance and manage associated works in accordance with legislation and our internal Asbestos Management Plan, policy and procedures to ensure business continuity, efficiency and safety across the estate.

• Organise and inspect asbestos works, engage with various City of Edinburgh Council departments and projects.
• Manage asbestos removal and analytical contractors, and ensure appropriate information is provided and retained in our database.
• Get involved in incident investigations, carry‑out audits, non‑conforming work investigations and other checks to ensure the integrity of our methods and compliance with our systems.
• Engage with colleagues from different departments to provide advice, information and training.

We are looking for a team player with various asbestos work‑related experience, with interest in project, contractor and data management, as well as passion for health and safety and quality control. You must also be able to deal with the public and have effective communication, reporting and IT skills.

If you would like to take on this new opportunity and join our team and have skills demonstrating our behaviours – respect, integrity, and flexibility – as well as extensive experience of creating a high‑performing culture, driving change and service delivery, we would love to hear from you.

If you have any questions or want to know more about the role, please contact mart

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care‑experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience.

Disabled and care‑experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we’re recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.