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Salary: £28-30,000 for Traditional Buildings Inspector or £26-28,000 for Trainee Inspector (salary and appointment level depending on experience)

The Traditional Buildings Health Check is a proactive building maintenance service operated by Stirling City Heritage Trust. We provide advice and inspection services to traditional property owners in Stirling.  

We are looking to recruit, depending on experience, either a Trainee Inspector or someone with more experience for the TBHC Inspector role. Both are early career roles and we will offer extensive support and training. It would suit a person with either a degree in a property related course such as surveying or architecture, or a trades/craftsperson.

As Traditional Buildings Inspector/ Trainee Inspector you would:

• Carry out detailed fabric inspections on traditional buildings in Stirling.
• Use Small Unmanned Aircraft (drone) to aid inspections (training provided if needed)
• Identify, assess and prioritise building defects and repair requirements and present findings in a detailed report.
• Communicate defects and recommendations identified in the report in an online or in person follow up meeting, answering member questions and explaining next steps.

To meet this role, we seek an individual with:

• Qualification to degree level in a related subject such as surveying, architecture or heritage related.  OR
• Craft / construction experience of working on typical traditional Scottish buildings with minimum SVQ level 3 qualification (or equivalent) in roofing, stonemasonry or similar traditional building skill. 

AND

• Excellent communication and ICT skills and a flexible approach to the role.
• Well organised with the ability to self-manage a busy workload.
• A passion for Scotland’s traditional buildings and an enthusiastic approach to feed into the development of the service.

Download the job pack

Closing Date: Friday 2 May 2025 at noon

Likely Interview date: week commencing 12 May 2025

 

How to Apply

Please read all the documents in this recruitment pack and complete the following documents:

• Job Application form
• Equal opportunities form (completed anonymously)

Please return to Dr Lindsay Lennie, Trust Manager, by 12 noon on Friday 2 May 2025 by emailing

lindsay@scht.org.uk

If you would like an informal chat about the job, please email Lindsay Lennie to arrange a mutually convenient time.​​​​