Empty Homes Officer - REQ04574 - 433666
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £39,829.00 i £45,696.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Motherwell, ML1 1AB |
| Cwmni: | North Lanarkshire Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 433666 |
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NLC10 £39,829 - £45,696
Are you passionate about brining empty homes back to life and helping tackle Scotland’s housing emergency? Do you want to work for Scotland’s largest social landlord and make a real difference in communities?
We’re looking for a proactive, self-motivated, Empty Homes Officer, to join the housing strategy team, to help bring empty homes back into use – providing much needed housing in North Lanarkshire.
Based within the Civic Centre, Motherwell, this is a key role in implementing our empty homes strategy and supporting national efforts to make best use of existing homes in meeting housing needs. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Identifying and investigating empty properties
- Engaging with property owners, landlords and developers
- Developing and implementing our Empty Homes Strategy
- Offering advice and support to bring empty homes back into use
- Collecting data and reporting on progress made towards reducing empty homes
- Working with other council services, wider stakeholders and partners to increase awareness of empty homes support
- Identifying and implementing new approaches to tackling empty homes
- Working with Scotland’s Empty Homes Partnership to build a better understanding of empty homes issues across Scotland and to innovate and collaborate on any potential new solutions that can be implemented locally
You will be an excellent communicator and collaborator, with a problem-solving mindset, with experience in housing, or a related field, and have the ability to manage casework and maintain accurate records. Sound knowledge of relevant housing policy and legislation is required, along with being able to manage your workload independently, which may involve multiple priorities whilst being able to meet deadlines.
We offer the chance to make a real difference to people’s lives, by helping increase the supply of available homes, that provides the strong foundations for every other aspect of life. Benefits of working with the council include a generous annual leave entitlement, family friendly policies and a career average earnings pension scheme. Other advantages include a wide range of training and development opportunities and the chance to be involved in wider housing initiatives as part of the wider Local Housing Strategy.
This role operates on a hybrid basis with a combination of home working, office attendance within Civic Centre, Motherwell and site visits/meetings. The pattern is currently: Wed/Thurs/Fri/Mon/Tues – in office, then the following alternate week working from home.
Driving licence/able to travel throughout North Lanarkshire is essential.
Work pattern:
35 hours per week - Monday to Thursday - 08:45 to 16:45 - Friday 08:45 to 16:15.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
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