Housing officer

Role Purpose To provide a customer focused, proactive and high-quality tenancy/leasehold, neighbourhood management service to general needs and sheltered residents. Enable our residents to hold sustainable tenancies, ensuring customers can actively engage in decision making, to create neighbourhoods where people want to live. Ensure tenants and leaseholders comply with the terms of their tenancy/lease in respect of housing and tenancy management and take appropriate action to remedy any breaches. Responsibilities Responsible for the day to day management of a patch of tenancies, leases, and licences, to include sheltered housing, to ensure all agreements are adhered to and action is taken to address breaches where appropriate. To maintain up to date knowledge of relevant housing and leasehold legislation and case law in respect of tenancy, neighbourhood, and estate management. To develop an excellent understanding of H F policies and procedures relating this and to apply these appropriately in day to day working. To identify fire safety issues on our estates and in resident homes, to give advice and report issues to appropriate departments to ensure risk is reduced and we comply with guidelines and best practice. Work with the Estates Fire Safety team to action any recommendations for housing management from fire risk assessments within required timescales To plan, co-ordinate and undertake a tenancy audit of your patch, visiting all properties within an agreed timeframe to build our business intelligence of the people and properties we manage. Working with the voids team to deliver an effective voids/re-letting process which minimises void rent loss by working closely with internal teams and external contractors to meet performance targets. Carry out all sign-up interviews in line with agreed policy and procedures. To ensure tenants have all the information they need at the start of their tenancy to fully understand their rights and obligations under the tenancy agreement, and to enable them to successfully sustain their tenancy and reduce the incidence of tenancy breakdown in the borough. Identify any support needs and signpost to relevant agencies Requirements Possess knowledge of housing law and regulation Experience working in housing for at least 3 years Contract Initial 3 to 6 month ongoing contract with the opportunity to extend PAYE via Umbrella Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (In Office) If you are interested in this position AND meet the requirements, APPLY NOW