Housing Officer
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,039.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 39039 - 39039 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4XH |
| Company: | Vacancy Filler |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | APR20248822 |
Summary
About Us
Hightown is a charitable housing association operating principally in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. We believe everyone should have a home and the support they need, so our aim is to build new homes and to provide excellent housing and support.We currently manage over 8,000 homes and employ over 1,000 full and part time staff from our head office in Hemel Hempstead. We have an annual turnover of £120 million and a development programme that will deliver over 400 new affordable homes each year.
About the role
We are looking for a full time Housing Officer to be part of a team providing professional, customer focused housing management service to the Association`s general needs residents in rented accommodation.
Unfortunately although we love to develop people, at this critical stage in our journey you will need to have had experience of delivering a customer focused housing management service.
The role involves managing a geographical patch of properties and duties will include:
Carrying out tenancy reviews and tenancy audits with residents in their homes
Housing management casework including anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse, and hoarding
Taking appropriate action in regard to breaches of tenancies
Working with the Income Recovery team to ensure appropriate action is taken to deal with breaches of tenancies related to rent arrears
Each Housing Officer in the team has a lead role, enabling staff to specialise in an area of Housing Management. This may include:
Anti-social Behaviour
Domestic Abuse
Tenancy Fraud
As part of your lead role, you will be expected to keep up to date with legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice in your key area as well as providing guidance to other team members when needed.
Due to the nature of the role you must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle.
The Benefits
In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a benefits package which includes:
Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service
£39,039 pa for a 35 hour a week contract
Regular support from your line manager and colleagues
Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
Annual salary and cost of living review
Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding support
Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
Refer-a-friend scheme: Earn a £130 bonus for each friend you refer to work for us
Friendly and supportive team environment
Employee assistance helpline
Mileage paid for car usage
Well-equipped on-site gym
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
We are a Disability Confident Employer.
To stay safe in your job search we recommend that you visit SAFERjobs, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organisation working to combat job scams. Visit the SAFERjobs website for information on common scams and to get free, expert advice for a safer job search.
Hightown is a charitable housing association operating principally in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. We believe everyone should have a home and the support they need, so our aim is to build new homes and to provide excellent housing and support.We currently manage over 8,000 homes and employ over 1,000 full and part time staff from our head office in Hemel Hempstead. We have an annual turnover of £120 million and a development programme that will deliver over 400 new affordable homes each year.
About the role
We are looking for a full time Housing Officer to be part of a team providing professional, customer focused housing management service to the Association`s general needs residents in rented accommodation.
Unfortunately although we love to develop people, at this critical stage in our journey you will need to have had experience of delivering a customer focused housing management service.
The role involves managing a geographical patch of properties and duties will include:
Carrying out tenancy reviews and tenancy audits with residents in their homes
Housing management casework including anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse, and hoarding
Taking appropriate action in regard to breaches of tenancies
Working with the Income Recovery team to ensure appropriate action is taken to deal with breaches of tenancies related to rent arrears
Each Housing Officer in the team has a lead role, enabling staff to specialise in an area of Housing Management. This may include:
Anti-social Behaviour
Domestic Abuse
Tenancy Fraud
As part of your lead role, you will be expected to keep up to date with legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice in your key area as well as providing guidance to other team members when needed.
Due to the nature of the role you must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle.
The Benefits
In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a benefits package which includes:
Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service
£39,039 pa for a 35 hour a week contract
Regular support from your line manager and colleagues
Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
Annual salary and cost of living review
Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding support
Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
Refer-a-friend scheme: Earn a £130 bonus for each friend you refer to work for us
Friendly and supportive team environment
Employee assistance helpline
Mileage paid for car usage
Well-equipped on-site gym
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
We are a Disability Confident Employer.
To stay safe in your job search we recommend that you visit SAFERjobs, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organisation working to combat job scams. Visit the SAFERjobs website for information on common scams and to get free, expert advice for a safer job search.