Repairs Inspector Team Leader | Full time | London | £44,000

Peabody is hiring two Repairs Inspector Team Leaders.

These are permanent full-time roles, working Monday to Friday for 35 hours a week. The roles sit in Operations Central within the Social Housing service.

You will lead teams of Repairs Inspectors and help shape a new approach to inspection quality and contractor performance. This is a key role for someone who can challenge contractors, take ownership, and keep residents at the centre of decisions.

The role includes regional responsibility. You will work across different locations and travel regularly. You may also need to provide cover in other areas when needed.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Repairs Inspector or repairs professional who wants to lead a team and improve service quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead teams: Manage and support Repairs Inspectors across different locations
• Challenge contractors: Improve quality, compliance, and repair outcomes
• Own standards: Take responsibility for inspection quality, decisions, and results
• Improve services: Use initiative to develop ways of working in a new or growing service
• Balance priorities: Consider resident needs, safety, quality, and cost
• Communicate clearly: Keep residents and colleagues updated in an honest and practical way
• Support delivery: Travel across regions and provide cover where needed

About You

• Experienced: Background in repairs, inspections, maintenance, or property services
• Confident: Comfortable challenging contractor performance
• Accountable: Takes ownership of standards, decisions, and outcomes
• Resident focused: Puts residents first and works with care and fairness
• Practical: Able to balance safety, quality, cost, and service needs
• Supportive leader: Can manage and guide a dispersed team
• Flexible: Able to travel across regions and work across different offices
• Improvement focused: Uses feedback and insight to improve services

What Peabody Offers

• Salary: £44,000
• Annual leave: 30 days plus bank holidays
• Benefits package: Includes healthcare, dental, and lifestyle discounts
• Life assurance: 4 times salary
• Pension: Up to 10% matched pension contribution
• Development: Ongoing training, qualifications, and apprenticeships
• Volunteering: Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Values-led culture: A workplace focused on fairness, accountability, and improvement

How to Apply

Apply by submitting an anonymised CV and answering the application question. You will need to explain why you are suited to the role and how you would help provide safe, well-maintained homes.

The closing date is 12 May 2026. Peabody says it may shortlist and interview during the advertising period, so you could be contacted before the closing date.

In-person interviews are due to take place on 19 May at Peabody’s offices in Pitsea, Basildon.

You must be able to work two days a week in your local office and be visible in your local region.

The advert states that visa sponsorship is not available.

Application Tips

Focus on your experience in repairs or inspection services, your ability to challenge contractors, and how you lead people well. Use clear examples that show quality control, accountability, resident focus, and how you have improved service standards or outcomes.