Housing Officer Opportunity

Housing Officer Opportunity 

Cambridge 

£28,254 per annum  

Permanent 

Part time (30 hours per week) 

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to manage and provide intensive housing management support at one of our Independent Living Schemes in Cambridge. 

You will be responsible for the management of tenancies and duties that include: – completing support plans and risk assessments for residents, monitoring rent accounts, and re-letting our void units, as well as providing day-to-day housing support to customers. 

This role is 30 hours per week, we can offer flexible working arrangements Monday – Friday. Access to your own vehicle and full driving license is preferred. 

What you will be doing: 

• Manage an Independent Living Scheme, by carrying out all intensive housing management tasks. 

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

• Providing support to residents to offer activities to the scheme.    

• Managing a scheme budget and identifying the needs of the scheme    

• Assessing the housing and support needs of customers 

• Working with external agencies.     

• 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, safeguarding 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: 

• Relatable experience working in a Housing environment or managing an Independent Living scheme. 

• Knowledge or understanding of tenancy management issues. 

• Experience of managing anti-social behaviour case work. 

• Experience of dealing with safeguarding vulnerable people and managing case work.   

• Experience of working with clients with complex needs. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Confidence to work independently and manage own workload. 

• Ability to lone work and make reasoned decisions. 

• Good IT literacy skills 

• Experienced in support plan writing with the ability to assess needs and risk effectively. 

• A sensitive and supportive approach to the needs of customers. 

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a varied and busy workload. 

Amongst what we offer you is: 

• A competitive salary of £28,254 

• 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays 

• A generous contributory pension scheme 

• 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 need to complete an enhanced DBS application. 

Closing date: 3rd July 2024 

Interview date: To be confirmed 

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.