Housing Ombudsman Case Manager

Housing Ombudsman Case Manager
Location:Birmingham, Bath Row, B15 1LZ
Salary:£45,521 per annum
Hours:35 hours per week
Contract Type:Permanent, Full Time

The Role
As a leading Housing organisation, we take pride in ensuring that our tenants receive the highest level of customer service whilst remaining focused on the changing regulatory landscape. Join us now as a Housing Ombudsman Case Manager where you’ll help us to improve customer experience and mitigate reputational risk.

This is a brand-new role we’ve created where you’ll liaise closely with Senior Leadership teams and the Housing Ombudsman to manage complex and involved complaints. This is a key role where the successful candidate will be imperative in thoroughly understanding legislation and regulations, overseeing compliance with regulatory requirements and ensuring outcomes are clearly audited.

As the Housing Ombudsman Case Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Collating and providing full case histories to the Housing Ombudsman.
• Ensuring compliance with evidence requests and delivering outcomes through partnership working with Senior Leadership teams.
• Capturing meaningful data and producing reports that outline the root cause of complaints.
• Developing action plans to lead the reduction of complaints and drive service improvement.
• Horizon scanning of the external environment to adapt working practices when managing complaints.

We’ll support you to enhance your case management skills by providing training with our legal partners, equipping you with the skills to manage cases effectively.

Our ideal candidate?We’re looking for an articulate individual with strong investigative skills and high attention to detail. Your application will also demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• You’ll have experience of managing complex legal or Ombudsman cases.
• You’ll have experience of producing robust reports for senior/board level audiences.
• You’ll have the ability to engage with senior stakeholders / Directors across the organisation to influence decision making and negotiate successful outcomes.

We’re a Smart Working organisation where you can expect to be present in the office for 3 days a week - in a role where effective collaboration with stakeholders across the business is key, this is important to us. We're also flexible to ensure you can meet and enjoy life’s challenges and opportunities throughout the year.

Who are Midland Heart?We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return, you can be assured of a great place to work, where you’ll be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Closing date: Thursday 4th April 2024

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

No agencies please.