AddressProposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 18 March 2024
Closing Date: Sunday 17 March 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC7 £31,179.34 - £38,950.71
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week in Dunfermline or Kirkcaldy / 18 hours per week in South West Fife
Location: Dunfermline & South West Fife
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Job Details
Good Housing impacts on so many aspects of our daily lives. As well as being a basic human right, it also encourages a sense of community, helps economies to thrive and creates an environment which people want to protect.
We need you to help us meet our aim to provide everyone with access to good quality, affordable decent housing that meets their needs and aspirations. We want to improve the quality of life for people across Fife and we work with many different organisations, including tenants groups, to try to make that happen.
As a Housing Options Officer, you will form part of an Area Housing Team that delivers on improved services. You will be responsible for delivering enhanced Housing Options advice and provide case management support to prevent homelessness. You will assess needs and make statutory homelessness decisions and work with applicants to secure appropriate accommodation.
You will undertake housing allocations, housing list management and voids management and deliver devolved high quality landlord services by engaging with customers and partners to minimise void loss and ensure best use of housing stock.
The Person
If you meet the essential qualification criteria outlined below, we’d like to hear from you:
We are looking for an individual who has knowledge of the Scottish Secure and Short Scottish Secure Tenancies and who has knowledge of both the social and private rented sector and of Housing Options across all tenure types.
You will need good time management, communications and organisational skills. You will also possess IT Skills.
You will be educated to SCQF level 7 or equivalent and you will require (if you do not already hold this) to undertake the Homepoint 2 qualification.
Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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For further information please contact Jillian Robb-McMahon - Jillian.Robb-McMahon@fife.gov.uk
