Housing Officer - Hammersmith, United Kingdom - Hammersmith & Fulham Council

Hammersmith & Fulham Council
Hammersmith & Fulham Council
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At Hammersmith & Fulham, we are ambitious in reforming the council to ensure this is a place for everybody. Within the Economy department, we aim to be efficient in everything that we do.

We believe our residents deserve a place that is safe, clean and green, with high quality services they can rely on.


We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic Housing Officer to join our Neighbourhood Services team, based in our Area Housing office on the White City Estate, London, W12.

You will be part of a team providing a wide range of housing management and support services to our residents.


You will need strong customer care and communication skills, a practical problem-solving approach to your work, the ability to plan and prioritise a busy workload and work independently.

The successful applicant will need to work outside of normal office hours on occasion, to attend evening meeting and emergencies.

In return we offer a challenging and varied working environment, the support of a high performing team and the opportunity to development your housing management learning and skills.

Our mission is to be the best council. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision.

If you're looking to develop your career in a fast paced, professional environment whilst making a difference, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Please refer to the
Role Profile for more information.


Role Responsibilities:

To provide a customer focused, proactive and high-quality tenancy/leasehold, neighbourhood
management service to general needs and sheltered residents. Enable our residents to hold sustainable tenancies, ensuring customers can actively engage in decision making, to create neighbourhoods where people want to live


You will need to:

  • Responsible for the day to day management of a patch of tenancies, leases, and licences, to include sheltered housing, to ensure all agreements are adhered to and action is taken to address breaches where appropriate.
  • To identify fire safety issues on our estates and in resident homes, to give advice and report issues to appropriate departments to ensure risk is reduced and we comply with guidelines and best practice. Work with the Estates & Fire Safety team to action any recommendations for housing management from fire risk assessments within required timescales
  • To plan, coordinate and undertake a tenancy audit of your patch, visiting all properties within an agreed timeframe to build our business intelligence of the people and properties we manage.
  • Working with the voids team to deliver an effective voids/reletting process which minimises void rent loss by working closely with internal teams and external contractors to meet performance targets.

People Values:

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining 'who we are'. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.


We are fair
We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.


We are caring
We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.


We are collaborators
We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.


We are driven
We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.


Recruiting for Attitude:

Your skills and ability are important however, we recruit as much for attitude as we do experience.

We are looking for people who have the following attributes:


Complex problem-solving
The ability to work within a complex system and find simple solutions and outcomes that deliver real change.


Critical thinking
The ability to challenge the norms through evidence-based approaches using both numerical and critical reasoning and thinking. You can rationalise decision-making and form views quickly and soundly from a range of sources.


Creativity

People management
You can get the best out of people. You have a coaching-style and drive through a commitment to personal and professional development. You are clear in your expectations and have exceptional feedback from your team about their working environment. You recognise and support people as individuals.


Coordinating with others
You have the knack of working well with others.

You have an appreciation of your own presence and approach and can demonstrate how you have developed and continue to develop how you work with others.

You can also recognise how others work, think, and feel to get the most out of collaboration.


Emotional intelligence

Judgement and decision making

Negotiation
You can demonstrate an understanding of the range of skills a
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