Housing Options Team Leader - Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom - Brighton & Hove City Council

Brighton & Hove City Council

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Housing Options Team Leader:
Posted on 7 May 2024 Apply

Directorate

BHCC:
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities

Salary £37,336 to £40,22
Contract Permanent

Location:

Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton

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Job Summary:

Job reference

- orbis/TP/249388/40644

Positions available
4 Working hours
37 Closing date
3 June 2024 Job category

Housing

Organisation
Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction:

We are looking to recruit 4 Housing Options Team Leaders to lead and manage front-line staff in 3 of 4 new teams in the council's Homelessness & Housing Options service, being:

Housing Advice & Triage
Homelessness Prevention & Relief
Homelessness Pathways & Partnership

Interview date:
Interviews will be held week commencing 10th June.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity as the council has completed a redesign of it's Homelessness & Housing Options service. The Housing Options Team Leader is a new and is central to the new design of the service.

As Housing Options Team Leader, you will lead and manage a team of front-line staff in delivering a high performing, customer orientated, homelessness & housing options service preventing homelessness and assessing statutory housing duties.

Reporting to a Housing Options Manager, you will have a central role in supporting the Housing Options Manager in shaping and improving the way the services are delivered.

You will be part of a new management structure and work collaboratively with Team Leaders in different parts of the service, ensuring a joined-up and effective customer journey for people experiencing homelessness.

You will also work closely with a range of internal and external partners, maximising the opportunities for early intervention to prevent homelessness.

You will have a strong knowledge and understanding of relevant housing legislation, including case law and government guidance, in order to guide and support staff in delivery services.

You will have experience in managing people and have an understanding of how to best support, motivate and develop staff.

You will have a strong customer focus and experience of providing customer service in a housing and homelessness setting.

Lastly, you will have a drive to improve the way we work and be able to identify and lead on delivering change.

Brighton & Hove City Council serves a vibrant city by the sea - a place that has ambitions to be a fairer city with a more sustainable future.

We have made a pledge to become an anti-racist city, these ambitions, along with our Covid recovery plans will shape the work of our teams over the next few years.

You will be working with friendly, talented, hard-working colleagues who have experienced rapid change over the past year in the ways we deliver our services.

This is an exciting time to join the council.

We can offer flexible working arrangements to suit your circumstances on an ongoing basis, as well as office accommodation.

You will receive a competitive salary, a generous annual leave allowance with the opportunity to buy extra days, staff discounts, and admittance into the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Additional information:

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-)

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