Housing Officer Opportunities

Housing Officer Opportunities 

Daventry, Leeson Court, Towcester & Candleford Court Brackley 

£32,821 per annum including car allowance for full time role (Towcester & Brackley) £12,495 per annum for part time role (Daventry) 

We have two opportunities to work in our Extra Care Schemes across Northamptonshire.   

We are looking for self-motivated individuals to provide intensive housing management support. You will be responsible for the management of tenancies and duties include: – completing support plans for residents, monitoring rent accounts, and re-letting our void units, as well as providing day-to-day housing support to customers.   

The hours can be worked flexibly Monday – Friday between 9am and 5pm and can be negotiated to consider personal needs and business needs.     

Housing Officer – Independent living without care - Permanent, Part time (15 hours per week)  

We have a part time position available to work in our Independent Living Scheme in Daventry.  Access to your own vehicle and full driving licence is preferred.  

Housing Officer – Extra Care - Permanent, Full time (37 hours per week)  

We have a full-time position available to work across two of our extra care schemes in Towcester & Brackley in Northamptonshire.  Due to travelling to and from our schemes, you will be required to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.    

 What you will be doing:         

• Assessing incoming residents with care and support needs to ensure they can independently maintain a tenancy      

• Providing support to residents to offer activities to the scheme      

• Managing a budget and identifying the needs of the scheme      

• Assessing the housing and support needs of customers.      

• Supporting any scheme-based employees such as Maintenance Officers, Compliance Officers and Cleaners, providing appropriate guidance and supervision  

• Remaining fully engaged in all housing related issues including arrears and money management, ASB and repairs/maintenance of household.         

• Overseeing the health, safety and maintenance of the building, ensuring that compliance requirements are met.        

We’d love to meet someone with:          

• Experience of working with people with vulnerabilities.        

• Experience of working within a Housing environment.        

• A passion for working with people to achieve their goals      

• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks      

• Ability to manage and prioritise a varied and busy workload.        

• Ability to lone work and make reasoned decisions.        

• Experience of dealing with safeguarding vulnerable people      

• Good IT abilities  

Amongst what we offer you is:      

• A competitive salary £32,821 per annum including car allowance for full time role (Towcester & Brackley) £12,495 per annum for part time role (Daventry)  

• 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays (rising to 33 days plus bank holidays with length of service)    

• A generous contributory pension scheme     

• Enhanced family leave       

• Private health care     

• Free life assurance     

• Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym     

• Opportunities for learning and development     

• Discounted gym membership     

• Retail discount scheme     

Please note the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application and this will need to be returned and verified by bpha before a start date can be provided.    

Closing date: 30th April 2024 

Interviews will be arranged throughout the campaign.    

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.