Join our mission to provide exceptional services to our residents
Picture this: it's 1919, the aftermath of the First World War, and railway workers are returning home, seeking shelter and solace. Born out of the noble Homes for Heroes campaign, the North Eastern Railway Cottage Homes and Benefit Fund sprang to life with an initial donation of £10,000 and the enthusiastic weekly contributions from 7,000 dedicated railway workers. But that's not all – the North Eastern Railway matched members' contributions and provided invaluable free services like accountancy, architecture, and surveying. The result? The first homes for railway heroes emerged in 1921, dotting the landscape of South Gosforth, York and Darlington.
Fast forward through the years, and Railway Housing Association has evolved into an organisation that’s rightly proud of its history. Registered with the Charity Commission in 1962 and as a housing association in 1976, we now proudly own and manage 1,620 homes across 20 local authority areas. Our footprint echoes the historic routes of the North Eastern Railway, stretching from Northumberland, Newcastle, Gateshead, County Durham, Darlington, York, Hull, East Riding, Doncaster, Leeds to Hereford, touching the lives of countless individuals and families along the way. While it's true that today's residents don't need to be railway workers, our heritage remains a vital part of our identity. We take immense pride in our history and the profound impact of providing high quality, affordable housing to all who call our properties home.
£42,794 including essential car user allowance (pro rata for part time hours)
Permanent contract
Part time (21-28 hours per week over 3 or 4 days)
Home-based with regular travel across East Yorkshire & The Humber
We are really excited by our future and we’re on a journey to transform our resident experience and deliver a new approach to asset management and resident engagement. This role is crucial to our mission and you’ll have a fantastic opportunity to drive real improvements for our residents.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic Property Surveyor to join Team Railway to help to provide our residents with an exceptional repairs and maintenance service. Working collaboratively with our maintenance delivery contractors, you’ll be pre-inspecting repairs, arranging works, tackling damp and mould and making sure that our residents are safe in their homes.
The successful candidate will have a fantastic opportunity to work to maintain historic homes originally designed and built to provide shelter for railway workers returning from the First World War. Whilst our first purpose-built homes were built in the early 1920s, some of our buildings date back to the mid-1800s and have been transformed from their previous lives as working railway buildings into modern homes. You’ll be entrusted with the privilege of preserving and maintaining their legacy whilst ensuring that we meet resident expectations for contemporary living.
You’ll be homebased, with regular travel across East Yorkshire and The Humber, with occasional travel across our operating area. You’ll be working with us for between 3 and 4 days per week, usually between 8.30am and 4.30pm, although we’re flexible to make sure we can provide the best service to our residents. We’re specifically advertising the role at between 3 and 4 days as we have some flexibility and want to attract the best possible candidates. We’ll agree the final working pattern with the successful candidate following the interview process.
If you’re interested in joining our team and our mission to deliver exceptional services to residents, please send in your CV and a covering letter letting us know why you’re interested in joining us to recruitment@railwayha.co.uk by Sunday 27 July 2025.
We are reviewing applications as they come in and we may close the advert early once we’ve found our ideal candidate, so we’d recommend applying as soon as possible to ensure that you’ve got the best chance to join Team Railway.
If you’d like to have a chat about the role, please email recruitment@railwayha.co.uk and one of our colleagues will be in touch.
The full pack and role description are available here
We are excited to hear from you!
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