Neighbourhood Response Officer/Admin – Housing

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Temporary Neighbourhood Response Officer/Admin – Housing
Job Ref: CLA 0009 0999 / 1
Pay Rate: £17.04 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 1 month until further notice
City: Bolton
Basic DBS disclosure required for this role
Hybrid working
The role will involve travel across various estates across areas, so the successful candidate must be able to drive and have access to their own vehicle.
The successful candidate will ensure that estates are places that residents want to live. Work in a rewarding environment supporting vulnerable customers and preventing anti-social behaviour.
Also, working collaboratively with other teams, external agencies and residents, you’ll ensure that Neighbourhoods are clean and safe, identify improvements, carry out fire risk assessment, estate inspections and investigate breaches of tenancy. Develop and deliver neighbourhood plans and local offers as well as working with local resident groups to develop local community facilities, activities and events.
Key Responsibilities:
Carrying out customer visits on behalf of central teams including, gas visits, arrears visits, Sign ups, Tenancy breaches, tenancy reviews and Mutual Exchanges etc.
Work collaboratively with other teams, external agencies and residents, to ensure that neighbourhoods are clean and safe, identify improvements, carry out fire risk assessment, estate inspections and investigate breaches of tenancy.
Develop and deliver neighbourhood plans and local offers as well as working with local resident groups to develop local community facilities, activities and events.
Deliver a programme of regular estate inspections and prioritising fire safety risk assessment follow up work.
Develop effective working relationships across the group and external agencies.
Work with local residents’ groups to develop local community facilities, activities and events as part of a neighbourhood plan and local offers. Work collaboratively with local partners such as safer neighbourhood teams, the voluntary sector and youth services on neighbourhood safety and ASB issues, for ad hoc or routine meetings as appropriate.
Liaise with other departments on neighbourhood improvements and services.
Visit customers in breach of their tenancy or lease agreement where tasked to do so. Visit customers who may require additional support and assess whether they require on going tenancy sustainment.
Conduct viewings and sign ups or tenancy assignments. Check on property condition as required for the purpose of mutual exchange, during the tenants notice period or planned visits.
Attend court to represent the company and/or provide witness statements as required. Conduct evictions and attend stay hearings.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Full UK driving licence.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Experience in customer service, you’ll enjoy working with people in the community.
Experience of working to plans and targets and have the ability to exercise good judgement whilst being proactive and creative in finding solutions.
One year experience as housing office or housing environment (transferable skills).
Experience of working with external partners
Experience of working to plans and targets
Able to work early evenings and occasional weekends if required.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: CLA 0009 0999 / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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