Privately Rented Housing Officer - London, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

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What's involved with this role:


Temporary Privately Rented Housing Officer

Reference no:
Enfield RQ816959

Pay Rate:
£20.00 per hour PAYE

This opening assignment is for 3 months

Emhanced DBS required for this role The Private Rented Housing Team will support tenants to sustain their home and work in partnership to proactively address tenancy issues, such as under/over occupation, rent arrears, ASB, hoarding, disrepair, etc. The Private Rented Housing Team will also manage the day-to-day relationship with PRS housing suppliers and contribute to the management of leases and contracts.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Provide the main point of contact to private rented housing tenants and suppliers.
  • Provide effective Private Rented Housing Advice and Casework and support residents to sustain their housing.
  • Provide housing advice, homelessness casework and support households in privately rented housing. ensure the private rented housing residents and providers comply with the terms of the respective agreement.
  • Ensure the private rented housing is maintained and repaired to required standards.
  • Work in partnership to identify and address housing management issues, such as ASB, hoarding, fraud and so on.
  • Contribute to the effective management of the void and relet processes.
  • Ensure all casework and housing data is accurately recorded on notes and IT systems.
  • Ensure all housing meets required national and local standards and compliance.
  • Contribute the efficient and effective management of voids and relets processes.
  • Ensure all homelessness casework is delivered in line with the statutory homelessness framework.
  • Ensure the provision of accurate and relevant housing, welfare, homelessness advice and support.

Skills & Experience:


  • Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
  • Able to work to conflicting deadlines without direct supervision and able to manage time and resources efficiently
  • Significant knowledge and experience of delivering excellent customer service within a local authority housing and/or homelessness service
  • Significant knowledge and experience of working in partnership to improve outcomes for homelessness applicants and their households
  • Significant knowledge and experience of the management of temporary accommodation teams and schemes
  • Significant knowledge and experience of the implementation of the statutory homelessness framework (Legislation,
  • Suitability Order, Caselaw), including assessments, prevention, relief and main duties, TA duties and accommodation offers
  • Significant knowledge and experience of the implementation of national and local welfare services, such as Universal Credit, LHA, DHP, local welfare assistance programmes
  • Significant knowledge and experience of the implementation of the PRS housing standards, such as HHSRS Gas/Electricity Compliance, EPC, Licensing, HMOs Management & Regulations, and so on.
  • ICT Skills: Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:


  • Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
  • Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
  • Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
  • Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

  • Any local authority/public sector experience
  • Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

Job Ref:
Enfield RQ816959

Anticipated Length of Assignment:
Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignme
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