Neighbourhood Health & Safety Inspections Assistant

Location:
Edinburgh (EH16)
Salary:
£24,106.17 + Benefits
Employment Type:
Fixed Term
Hours per Week:
36.25
Grade:
6
Closing Date:
27 March 2026

At Places for People, we hire people – not numbers. If you like the sound of this role, we'd love to hear from you. Experience matters, but what matters most is someone who lives our People Promises: doing the right thing, bringing energy and pride to their work, valuing community, treating others with respect, and genuinely caring about the places we look after. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we're committed to building safe, inclusive and thriving communities for our customers and our colleagues.

More about the role

In this role, you'll be out and about across our neighbourhoods, making sure our buildings and communal areas are safe, compliant and well maintained. You'll carry out regular property and site inspections, completing checks on essential systems such as fire doors, emergency lighting, lifts, fire equipment and automatic doors. You'll keep accurate, real-time records and report any risks or issues quickly to keep our customers protected.

You'll also play an important part in maintaining safe communal spaces—removing unauthorised items in line with Scottish legislation, arranging signage, reporting repairs, supporting contractor access and completing minor housing management tasks linked to works and site upkeep. Some general admin will also form part of your day-to-day role.

More about you

You'll bring experience from a housing or property environment and have a strong understanding of health and safety compliance for registered social landlords. You'll be organised, thorough, confident using IT and comfortable problem-solving on your own. Just as importantly, you'll communicate clearly and professionally with customers, colleagues and contractors, and you'll feel confident working independently while representing Places for People out in our communities.

Benefits

We're a large, diverse and ambitious organisation, which means plenty of opportunity for growth, challenge and development. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Competitive salary with annual review
Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
Excellent holiday entitlement – up to 35 days, with the option to buy or sell leave
Healthcare cashback plan – up to £500 back each year
A 2% annual bonus scheme for all colleagues
A wide range of training and development opportunities
Extra perks including discounts at retailers, cinemas and more

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team recruitment@placesforpeople.co.uk

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities

Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent – Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.