Community Housing Officer
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Salary: £34,398 - £36,965 per annum plus excellent benefits
Contract: Full Time Permanent, 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 01 July 2024
Interview Date: 10 July 2024
Are you enthusiastic about making a difference in your community? If so, we are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Community Housing Officer to join our team!
The role involves working with a wide range of customers, giving them the skills that they need to maintain their homes and tenancies and build communities to be proud of. If you feel that you are good at building relationships, a problem solver and able to make decisions that benefit your community, then this is the role for you. The role is extremely rewarding; no two days are the same and you are supported by great colleagues from across the organisation.
Your goal will be to get the best out of every relationship, which will sometimes mean you have challenging conversations and deal with demanding situations in order to improve outcomes.
Main job responsibilities:
- Delivering proactive and excellent housing management services that reduce the risk of harm to customers, harm to place, damage to our assets and tenancy failure.
- Building relationships with customers that empower them to develop their own strengths, take ownership of their tenancies and make better decisions, which in turn enables them to achieve their aspirations.
- Building and sustaining relationships with customers by being their main point of contact for all housing management issues, liaising with specialist teams to achieve the best outcome.
- Encouraging connections between customers, neighbours, and communities - enabling communities to thrive and be proud of where they live.
- Establish relationships with the community, partners, and colleagues across the business, understanding the appropriate individuals and groups to connect with for the good of the customer, the community, and the organisation.
We are looking for someone with:
- Recent and relevant experience of working in the Social Housing Sector, covering Housing Management, tenancy breaches and working with services that improve the outcomes for our customers.
- Experience of face-to-face customer interaction in their homes.
- Experience in dealing with Anti-Social Behaviour cases - such as neighbour disputes, noise nuisance and other tenancy breaches.
- Experience of working closely with vulnerable individuals, working with partners to deliver a positive outcome.
- Experience of dealing with and addressing challenging customer behaviour.
- Experience of case management, managing a diverse, varied, and complex caseload at various stages of the customer's journey.
- Experience of safeguarding duties and working with customers who may have a range of vulnerabilities.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to manage sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism.
- In-depth knowledge of current housing regulations and policies
What is in it for you?
In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave (plus Christmas shut down), a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, a range of shopping and leisure discounts.
We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and can work in agile ways which support them.