Vacancy: Trainee Building Inspector

Posted February 15th 2024

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Vacancy: Trainee Building Inspector

Salary: £24,000 p/a

Full Time

Glasgow City Heritage Trust gives out almost £1 million in funding each year to help people in Glasgow protect, repair and promote the city’s historic buildings and places, and tell the city’s story.

Through our historic environment grants people enjoy, understand and care for Glasgow’s historic built environment and are able to access funding and expertise which ensures the sustainability of the city’s heritage for current and future generations.

Our historic environment plays an important role in successful neighbourhoods and high streets which are vital as a focal point for social and economic interactions and sustainable communities.

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Trainee Building Inspector to join our team. This new role will provide training and mentorship to someone starting out in their career within the built environment. It is an entry-level role suitable for someone who would like to expand their professional knowledge of maintaining and repairing historic buildings.

The successful candidate will develop a training plan for themselves and attend site visits and meetings, with the goal of gaining first-hand experience of working with traditional buildings and the skills and knowledge required to repair and maintain them. The aim of this role is to allow the successful candidate to develop their skill set such that they will become a key member of the GCHT team. This will also involve supporting the delivery of our historic environment grants and outreach work with professionals, heritage groups and the general public.

You will have an interest in protecting and maintaining Glasgow’s historic built environment and a degree in building related subject i.e. architecture, surveying or equivalent, or equivalent experience.

The successful candidate will manifest our core values: passionate, collaborative, innovative and forward-looking.

The Trust offers a variety of benefits to employees, including generous employer pension contributions, flexible working, 25 days paid annual leave and excellent opportunities for training and development.

There will be a probationary period for the successful candidate.

GCHT welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is an equal opportunities employer.

Trainee Building Inspector Job Description

Trainee Building Inspector Application for Employment

To apply please use the links above to download the Job Description and Application Form.

Application forms should be returned by email to info@glasgowheritage.org.uk.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 6th March, 2024 at 12 noon. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by Thursday 7th March.

Interviews: Thursday 14th March, 2024

Please don’t hesitate to contact the Director Niall Murphy via niall@glasgowheritage.org.uk to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

Sold Out Taking Care of Your Tenement: Looking Up and Looking Out

Posted February 8th 2024

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**Sold Out** Saturday 2nd March 2024 | 11am – 1pm | Meet at 54 Bell Street, G1 1LQ

Concerned about the current state of your tenement? Not quite sure what sort of repair work might need to be done?

Then join GCHT and Under One Roof for an investigative walk around the Merchant City, looking at the area’s traditional tenements and analysing maintenance and repair issues.

You’ll have a chance to learn about some of the most common issues historic buildings face, how to tackle repairs and the maintenance work that should be done as we head into spring.

After the walk, we’ll be having a drop-in event from 12pm – 1pm at GCHT’s office on Bell Street, where you’ll have the opportunity to ask our experts your questions about taking care of a historic tenement.

Please dress for the unpredictable Glasgow weather and wear comfortable shoes!

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Unfortunately due to some unforeseen circumstances we’ve had to cancel this talk. If you booked a ticket, please check your inbox for more details, and we apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. We hope to see you at another event soon!

Thursday, 15th September | 6pm | via Zoom

GCHT’s Deputy Director Niall Murphy will be giving an online talk on the achievements of the Glasgow City Improvement Trust as part of Doors Open Days 2022.

Over the course of the 19^th Century, Glasgow suffered explosive city growth, with its population increasing from 77,000 in 1801 to 762,000 by 1901. This rapid growth created problems of overcrowding, poor sanitation and population health issues, with the city’s housing conditions regarded as amongst the worst in Europe.

To combat this, in 1866 Lord Provost Blackie led a delegation including Glasgow’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr William Tennant Gairdner, and the City Architect, John Carrick to Europe to see what lessons could be learned. Having visited Amsterdam and Brussels it was Baron Haussmann’s Paris where they were most impressed by the urban innovations being introduced for Napoleon III.

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Join us to find out more about the revolutionary work of the City Improvement Trust and its legacy for Glasgow!

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Author: Taylor Cross-Whiter

Vacancy: Trainee Building Inspector