Housing Officer
Posting date: | 02 July 2024 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £17568-18493 per annum |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 16 July 2024 |
Location: | Cumbernauld, G67 2DQ |
Company: | Sanctuary Group |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 218828-42646043 |
Summary
Housing Officer – Part time
Cumbernauld
£17,568
- £18,493 per year
18.75 hours per week – Monday to Wednesday
We have an opportunity for a Housing Officer to join our team of 8 based in Cumbernauld. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for ensuring that high quality housing management services are delivered to our residents with a focus on making a real difference to their lives.
This is a varied role that will see you managing a range of situations and helping to build key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, whilst working in a professional manner to resolve problems and improve services. This role will be based in Cumbernauld with occasional travel to Edinburgh.
The role of Housing Officer will include:
- Delivering a high quality housing management service to tenants, partners and key stakeholders
- Allocating void and new let properties and dealing with rent arrears
- Investigating and resolving anti-social behaviour cases
- Completing estate management weekly inspections
- Identifying shortfalls in service delivery and putting plans of resolution into place
- Ensuring compliance with all legislative and regulatory requirements for all housing management activities
Skills and experiences:
- Proven experience of undertaking a similar role within housing
- Knowledge of relevant housing regulations and legislation
- Proven experience of delivery high quality tenancy services
- Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to implement solutions
- Ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external customers
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Office packages is essential
- SVQ3 in relevant area or equivalent qualification
- Occasional travel may be requirement of the role, therefore a full valid driving licence is essential
Why work for us?
Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association is one of the country’s largest social landlords. We provide around 8,000 quality affordable homes for rent and sale to those least able to compete in other sectors of the housing market.
We strive to ensure our investments provide sustainable benefits to the communities we serve. As a not-for-profit organisation any surpluses we achieve are reinvested in our homes and neighbourhoods. Our Investors in People accreditation shows Sanctuary Scotland’s commitment to being the best employer we can.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- £17,568 per annum (rising to £18,493 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
The full time equivalent salary for this role is £35,137 based on 37.5 hours per week rising to £36,986 after 12 months service and subject to satisfactory performance
Closing Date: 16 July 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
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