Internal Only: Enabling Officer

Working within the Strategic Enabling Housing Team, you will make a difference by delivering much needed affordable housing and specialist housing projects across South Gloucestershire.

You will work with partner organisations, such as Housing Associations, to achieve aims and objectives from the Housing Strategy, and maximise funding opportunities for housing projects.

• It is essential that you hold a degree or equivalent specialist qualification and/or equivalent experience within a specialist field such as Planning, Housing or Land/ Property Management.
• We require you to have good working knowledge of the relevant Housing and Planning legislation, housing association development finance and regulatory framework for the provision of the service.
• You must have substantial experience of successfully negotiating and managing complex projects to timescales demonstrating excellent customer service.
• You will be able to demonstrate the ability to analyse and problem solve complex projects, influence customers, and make appropriate decisions in a timely manner.
• It is essential for you to have excellent negotiation skills.
• It is preferred, but not essential, that you have experience of staff management and/or supervision.

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.  

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
• We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
• We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. 

We’re making a difference, be part of it!