Housing and Homelessness Officer - Eastleigh, United Kingdom - Eastleigh Borough Council

Eastleigh Borough Council
Eastleigh Borough Council
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Eastleigh, United Kingdom

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Post Title

  • Housing and Homelessness Officer
    Directorate
  • People & Communities
    Location
  • Eastleigh House
    Advert Close date
  • 10/04/2024
    Job description:

Job advert text

  • Housing and Homelessness Officer 3 vacancies
  • Full Time 2 year fixed term contract
- £32,486 (Band 5)

  • Eastleigh Borough Council is an ambitious and progressive council. We are recognised for our innovation and achievements, whilst delivering high quality service to our customers and the community.
  • We are seeking professional and wellmotivated individuals to join the People and Communities directorate as Housing & Homelessness Officers specialising in the prevention and relief of homelessness, tenancy sustainment and support and UK resettlement.
  • You must have strong ICT skills, excellent communication skills, and be able to independently manage a caseload of homelessness prevention and relief cases and prioritise a busy workload. You will need to be resilient, selfmotivated, positive to change, prepared to share knowledge and skills and have a flexible, cando attitude. You must have an understanding of the range of needs of households experiencing homelessness and you will be required to demonstrate an ability to handle varying data and queries, remain calm and professional even when the pressure of workload is high.
  • For these roles, experience in the following areas would be preferred:
  • Understanding of current homeless legislation, security of tenure and landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities
  • Ability to deliver comprehensive housing advice to customers, with a focus on homelessness prevention
  • Ability to offer customer centred support to threatened/ homeless households to enable positive outcomes
  • Ability to work collaboratively and build positive relationships with partner organisations
  • If you are excited by this opportunity and feel you have the skills, experience and attitude we are looking for we would love to hear from you. At Eastleigh, we are committed to supporting and developing all our staff and creating a culture that is inclusive, innovative and enjoyable.
  • We offer a good range of benefits and facilities which include:
Days Annual Leave (dependant on Local Government Continuous Service)- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme

  • Places Leisure, Eastleigh 30% off Full Membership
  • Confidential Employee Advice and Support Programme
  • Excellent working environment
  • Closing date: 10 April 202
  • Interview date: To be confirmed***
    Employment & compensation:
    Employment type
  • Full time
    Employment status
  • FTC
    Weekly contract hours
  • 37.00
    Salary band
  • 5
    Salary (£)
  • 32486
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