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Housing Services Team Assistant
| Posting date: | 15 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23,114 to £23,737 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Narborough, Leicester |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Blaby District Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | REQ00963 |
Summary
Housing Services Team Assistant
Scale 2 £23,114 - £23,737 per annum
37 hours per week
Fixed term 18 month contract
We are seeking a Housing Services Assistant to work in our Housing Services Team which gives advice and assistance to people who are homeless or who are threatened with homelessness. With support from the team, you will be working closely with homeless people, helping them to be safe and happy in temporary accommodation.
The role will involve providing hands-on support to the Housing Team, particularly around the temporary accommodation that is provided to homeless people. This may be a flat, house or room provided by the council to a homeless person or family, for a short time while the Housing Team helps them move onto a more secure home.
You will be helping vulnerable people from all walks of life, which may include the very elderly, whole families or a young person that has left foster care. This means that the job will be different every day, which makes it both challenging and varied. One thing for sure – you will always be learning, and the work is never boring!
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
- Resolving practical problems for people in their temporary accommodation, for example if something is faulty, then it will be your job to liaise with our property services team to arrange a plumber or electrician.
-Setting up and managing electronic files for all of the Councils temporary accommodation.
- Working with the Housing Services Team to help people complete the paperwork required to enable them to move into and out of temporary accommodation. This may be assisting with license agreements, inventories and liaising with the Council property management agency to ensure all check are carried out.
-Liaising with internal and external partners involved in the management of temporary accommodation.
-Amending and issuing of welcome packs to households entering temporary accommodation.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
Further details can be found on the job description and Person Specification
Benefits of working with us include a Local Government Pension scheme, exciting career opportunities, flexible working including flexi-time scheme and out of town offices with free car parking and cycle bays. Further details on our benefits can be found on the Employee benefits page.
You will mainly be office based but the post does include some agile working.
To find out more about the role and what it is like to work for us, please contact John Crane on 0116 272 7586 for an informal discussion.
Internal applicants can apply for this exciting opportunity via iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS). Once logged in, if you click on the person icon in the top corner of the home screen and then on ‘useful links’, another link will appear called ‘Apply for a Job’ (web recruitment).
Should you have any technical issues when applying, please email human.resources@blaby.gov.uk.
Closing date: 31 July 2024
Interview date: 08 August 2024
Blaby District Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we welcome applications from all diversities. We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, care leavers and those in the Armed Forces. As a Disability Confident Employer and to show our commitment to Care Leavers and the Armed Forces Covenant, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Further information can be found on our jobs page.
Scale 2 £23,114 - £23,737 per annum
37 hours per week
Fixed term 18 month contract
We are seeking a Housing Services Assistant to work in our Housing Services Team which gives advice and assistance to people who are homeless or who are threatened with homelessness. With support from the team, you will be working closely with homeless people, helping them to be safe and happy in temporary accommodation.
The role will involve providing hands-on support to the Housing Team, particularly around the temporary accommodation that is provided to homeless people. This may be a flat, house or room provided by the council to a homeless person or family, for a short time while the Housing Team helps them move onto a more secure home.
You will be helping vulnerable people from all walks of life, which may include the very elderly, whole families or a young person that has left foster care. This means that the job will be different every day, which makes it both challenging and varied. One thing for sure – you will always be learning, and the work is never boring!
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
- Resolving practical problems for people in their temporary accommodation, for example if something is faulty, then it will be your job to liaise with our property services team to arrange a plumber or electrician.
-Setting up and managing electronic files for all of the Councils temporary accommodation.
- Working with the Housing Services Team to help people complete the paperwork required to enable them to move into and out of temporary accommodation. This may be assisting with license agreements, inventories and liaising with the Council property management agency to ensure all check are carried out.
-Liaising with internal and external partners involved in the management of temporary accommodation.
-Amending and issuing of welcome packs to households entering temporary accommodation.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
Further details can be found on the job description and Person Specification
Benefits of working with us include a Local Government Pension scheme, exciting career opportunities, flexible working including flexi-time scheme and out of town offices with free car parking and cycle bays. Further details on our benefits can be found on the Employee benefits page.
You will mainly be office based but the post does include some agile working.
To find out more about the role and what it is like to work for us, please contact John Crane on 0116 272 7586 for an informal discussion.
Internal applicants can apply for this exciting opportunity via iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS). Once logged in, if you click on the person icon in the top corner of the home screen and then on ‘useful links’, another link will appear called ‘Apply for a Job’ (web recruitment).
Should you have any technical issues when applying, please email human.resources@blaby.gov.uk.
Closing date: 31 July 2024
Interview date: 08 August 2024
Blaby District Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we welcome applications from all diversities. We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, care leavers and those in the Armed Forces. As a Disability Confident Employer and to show our commitment to Care Leavers and the Armed Forces Covenant, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Further information can be found on our jobs page.
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