Resident Liaison Officer - East Sussex, United Kingdom - United Living Group

Description

Company Description

United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:

Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.

Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK's largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK's decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.

New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.

Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.

Job Description

To promote and deliver a high standard of customer care for all residents, ensuring strong communication links exist between the resident, the client, the call centre and the operational team enabling the works to be managed effectively and proactively addressing any issues as they arise.

Specific Responsibilities

· Ensure that United Living HSE&Q standards, operating processes, company policies and all legislative requirements are understood, implemented and adhered to at all times.

· Learn and understand the United Way of working ensuring that the processes are complied with and adopted into your daily disciplines. Induct other employees in the process as required.

· Act proactively to maximise comfort for all residents ensuring that any issues which arise are resolved quickly and effectively. Ensure that all residents can access and receive the best possible service.

· Assist in the monitoring, evaluation and control of service performance.

· Learn and understand the requirements of the FLAG system and ensure that this is adhered to at all times.

· Demonstrate respect, sensitivity and discretion in a public facing role.

· Coordinate and attend pre-start meetings with residents to carry out needs assessment, establish colour choices/styles and complete associated documentation, discuss how to prepare for the works to be carried out, health and safety matters and safeguarding issues etc.

· Develop action plans arising from needs assessments through liaison with the client's representative and site management as appropriate.

· Co-ordinate and attend all relevant Resident Liaison forums to develop relationships with key groups, to inform them of the work taking place, to understand their priorities, receive feedback and address any concerns they may raise.

· Ensure effective and regular written communication and information is provided to residents throughout the course of works including pre-start documentation, issuing of notices (7, 14 and 28 day letters or as instructed by the client), information about the scope of works, associated timescales and any changes to the programme.

· Ensure effective and regular communication with residents through the coordination and administration of contact lists, newsletters, meetings, daily visits, open days and group events etc

· Create and maintain property diary, record and photograph the condition of white goods/working area for every property, before work commences, log details of daily visits and ensure that records are appropriately saved.

· Ensure residents are provided with out of hours contact information.

· Develop key client contacts to ensure that the residents are fairly represented and that service delivery is maintained at the highest possible level.

· Resolve any escalated complaints and ensure that an effective Complaints and Customer Care Procedure are in place.

· Carry out product training with residents as appropriate.

· Contact residents post-completion to confirm satisfaction/address outstanding matters and ensure resident is aware of the 12 month defect liability process.

· Work closely with the wider team to ensure that contract requirements and Key Performance Indicators are achieved.

· Maintain effective working relationship with the Call Centre team ensuring that Customer Service is delivered at all times.

· Monitor and record all complaints of alleged damage to resident's property or personal belongings, proactively investigating and resolving any concerns, ensuring complaints and proposed solutions are communicated to the management team.

· Ensure Equality and Diversity Policies are in place and adhered to.

· Work with Senior Resident Liaison Officer developing key initiatives and procedures to ensure best practices are shared within the organisation.

· All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

· Over 2 years' experience in a customer service role, or similar.

· literate particularly Microsoft Office and Excel and keen to extend knowledge on software packages.

· Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work co-operatively with multi-disciplined groups.

· Team player, but also comfortable working alone.

· Understands the need for respect, sensitivity and discretion in a public facing role.

· A valid driving licence.

· Experience of Housing and/or Planned Maintenance – desirable,

· Some flexibility of working hours may be required (evening meetings).

· Self-Motivated, enthusiastic and calm under pressure.

Additional Information

If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, apply today for immediate consideration. Join us on this exciting journey of growth and innovation

As a business United Living prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if we require support. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.