Housing Customer Liaison Officer

About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Housing Officer/Customer Liaison Officer to join our Customer Liaison team on a 6-month fixed term contract. This full-time contract role will be covering North Manchester including Oldham, Rochdale and Bury. The Team consists of a dedicated team of Customer Liaison Officers, all working hard to provide an amazing customer focused service.
As a Housing Customer Liaison Officer, you will provide a friendly Housing Management Service to your customers in a defined area. You will be the face of Guinness and your key responsibility will be to provide an accessible face-to-face service to both our homeowners and rental customers. You will work in a mobile way, out in the area meeting customers all the time. You will work closely with Estate Services, Tenancy Enforcement, and other Guinness teams to get things done quickly and efficiently to achieve positive outcomes for both Guinness and our customers.
What we're looking for
We're a customer-focused organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You'll not only be an experienced housing professional, but you'll also have great customer service skills and a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. You'll also be able to demonstrate the below essential experience:

• Excellent customer service delivery, demonstrating good communication and relationship building skills.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to plan and work effectively without high levels of supervision.
• Ability to work 'on the go' using mobile technology.
• Strong resource and time management, and the ability to prioritise, delivering value for money.
• Experience of working in a climate of legislative and organisational change.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Resilient and able to deal with challenging situations and deliver sustainable outcomes.
• Comfortable analysing data and drawing conclusions.
• Ability to work with IT systems on the go.
• Able to demonstrate Guinness behavioural competencies.
• Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of working in the housing or property sector.
• Academic qualifications in Housing and/or Tenancy Management.
• Knowledge of regulatory legislation for social housing.
• Previous budget management experience.

If you're interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.
To be considered for this role please follow the online application process by submitting your CV and cover letter, ideally as one PDF or word attachment. Interviews to take place in Bower House Oldham from 17th May onwards.

About UsThe Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.