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The Vacancy
We’re VIVID! – We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? This is a fantastic chance to begin your career in housing and asset management through an apprenticeship role. As a Stock Condition Surveyor Apprentice, you’ll play a key part in helping us understand the condition of our homes so we can plan future investment and ensure our customers live in safe, well‑maintained properties. You’ll carry out home health checks (also known as stock condition surveys) and help keep our asset management database accurate and up to date.
Contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, this is a full‑time position working 37 hours per week on a 2-year fixed‑term contract.
Want to know what we can offer you?
Here’s the facts about the role:
You’ll be enrolled on a Surveying Technician (Level 3) apprenticeship course, allowing you to combine on‑the‑job learning with structured training. You’ll gain hands‑on experience working with our Stock Condition Team, learning how we assess the condition of our homes and how this information shapes our investment plans. Your apprenticeship learning will be delivered virtually, with 6 hours of learning per week, typically carried out over 1 day. One week this will be live virtual sessions with your tutor and apprenticeship peers, the next week it will be self-led learning you’ll complete yourself.
What would you be doing?
You’ll learn how to deliver a range of tasks, including:
What does the Stock Condition Team do?
Our Stock Condition Team plays a vital role in ensuring our homes remain safe, compliant, and well‑maintained. As part of this team, you’ll contribute to:
Who we’re looking for:
We welcome applications from people with a genuine interest in housing, property and assets, and property maintenance. Whether you're a college leaver or looking to change career paths, our apprenticeship programme provides the perfect foundation for a rewarding career in the social housing sector.
To apply for this apprenticeship, you must:
Please see the attached job description and person specification document for more information on the requirements of the role. You can find out more about the apprenticeship here: Surveying technician / Skills England
We offer a vibrant, friendly, and inclusive culture that supports, develops, and attracts the best people. Our team works collaboratively to deliver meaningful change, and we’re looking for someone who shares our values and enthusiasm for improving homes and communities. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and help us ensure our homes remain safe, high‑quality places to live.
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The Company
We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.
Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.
We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.
This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.
Living VIVID
As a ‘people’ business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people’s development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.
Buy / sell
annual leave
Pension
scheme
Smart
working
From 26 days holiday per year
Private medical / medicash benefits
Enhanced
paternity / maternity leave
Qualification funding support
Electric car scheme
We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.
We’re a disability confident leader with disabled-friendly offices and we’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.
If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us
on 02392 896758 or email HRrecruitment@vividhomes.co.uk. We’ll be happy to help.
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