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Senior Surveyor – Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, Clapham, London

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
London
Housing Association
Building Surveyor
Property Management, Surveying
£58,630 – 61,751 per annum
25 May, 2026
Temporary
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Senior Surveyor – Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, Clapham, London

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Location: Clapham, London SW2 4AX

Salary: £58,664 – £61,751

Contract: Temporary

Hours: Full Time

Expiry Date: 25/05/2026 23:59

The vacancy

  • Join Us as a Senior Property Surveyor – Make a Lasting Impact on Homes and Lives
  • Full-time, 6-month Fixed-Term opportunity (37.5 hours)
  • Clapham Park, London: £58,664 – £61,751

Are you a skilled people manager but want to maintain your surveying skills?

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Senior Property Surveyor to play a key role in our dynamic Property Directorate. This is your opportunity to take ownership of a small team of surveyors and provide advice and support on challenging repairs, structural issues, and major defects—delivering real results for our residents while balancing quality, compliance, and value for money.

In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the investigation and resolution of non-routine repairs, damp and mould issues, and ad hoc planned replacements. You’ll bring a proactive and resident-focused mindset, working collaboratively across departments to ensure every home is safe, secure, and well-maintained.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Be the go-to expert for your team within the Property Directorate and for assisting your team in diagnosing and resolving complex building faults.
  • Independently manage a varied team and a small caseload and the team duties include damp and mould, insurance works, and more significant or specialist repairs.
  • Lead on the accurate diagnosis of building issues, applying your strong knowledge of damp and mould, HHSRS, and building pathology to identify and categorise Category 1 & 2 hazards.
  • Ensure systems are updated by the team, H&S is complied with all necessary training is requested and updated on our systems
  • Provide technical guidance and post-inspection support to colleagues, ensuring quality and consistency across all property works.
  • Support the delivery of ad hoc planned works and contribute to continual service improvement through innovation and professional insight.
  • Review and advise on home improvement requests with a focus on safeguarding our housing stock.
  • Play an active role in cross-team initiatives that drive business improvement and enhance the resident experience.

What You’ll Bring

  • A proven track record in managing a team and resolving complex property repairs and maintenance issues.
  • A deep understanding of housing construction, maintenance diagnostics, and the NHF Schedule of Rates.
  • Strong grasp of damp and mould diagnostics and the ability to apply the HHSRS framework effectively.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a talent for translating technical issues into clear, resident-friendly solutions.
  • A genuine curiosity, commitment, and drive to fix things right, the first time—within budget and to the highest standard.
  • Experience working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical teams.

To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers, this role requires a Basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.

The company

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) provides affordable homes for people living across London, the South East, the East Midlands and the East of England.

Alongside housing, MTVH delivers a range of support services, working with residents who need additional help to live independently and well. This includes specialist support for older people, mental health services and transitional services that provide intensive support to people who are marginalised or vulnerable.

MTVH is committed to building strong, thriving communities. Through training programmes, events and activities, the organisation supports residents to improve employability, build skills and access opportunities that make a meaningful difference to their lives.

In line with the MTVH 2030 strategy – Your Home, Your Service, Your Future – diversity, equity and inclusion are central to how MTVH works. A range of colleague networks support gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability, helping to create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging.

These networks provide a platform for colleagues to share their views, recognise what is working well and influence improvements. By listening, learning, and working together, MTVH continues to strengthen its culture, tackle business challenges and ensure it is serving people better every day.


We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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Benefits

People are at the heart of what we do, so we have carefully selected our rewards and benefits with our colleagues in mind.

Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, help with the cost of living, and enhance your working environment, making MTVH your employer of choice.

We regularly benchmark our benefit packages against industry standards to ensure we remain competitive, innovative, and responsive to the evolving needs of all our colleagues.

While some of our benefits are automatically applied, most are optional. We encourage you to explore what we offer and see if there’s something that fits your needs.

For further information on our full list of benefits, please see our Colleague Rewards and Benefits Digital Book.

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