Principal Officer - Salford, United Kingdom - Oldham Council

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Salford City Council
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Salford City Council

Salford Civic Centre

Chorley Road

Swinton

Salford

M27 5AW

Principal Officer, Housing Options

Grade:4A, £40,221 - £43,421


Working Hours:36 hours per week


Contract Type:
Fixed term up to 3 years


Closing date: 21st April 2024, 23:59


About us

  • Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.
  • We currently have an number of exciting vacancies within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

About you

  • Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others' contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
  • You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop partnerships across different teams and organisations to improve outcomes for customers. You will be able to work under pressure in a busy service, managing multiple demands and prioritising your workload to ensure that you meet statutory deadlines. Selfmotivated and enthusiastic, you will have a key role in the continued development of the Housing Options Service.
You must have experience of working in a homelessness team and a working knowledge of the homelessness legislation. Previous experience of working in a management role is desirable.


About the role

  • You will be responsible for the supervision and development of a team of Housing Options Advisors, working alongside two other Principal Officers, delivering a prevention focused Housing Options service.
  • You will develop policies and procedures to support service delivery and support the Head of Service in the development and delivery of key strategic targets. You will be innovative and creative with trialling new ways of delivering a service that meets the needs of clients.
  • You will encourage a culture of continuous improvement within the team, with all team members involved and responsible for taking the service forward.
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About the benefits

  • You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your worklife balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment

  • New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion

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  • 21st Apr 2024
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