Housing Assistant
Posted 4 days ago by JT Recruit
Our local authority are looking for a Housing Assistant (Housing Benefits and Planning) to join them on a temporary basis.
Location – LE67
£13.29ph - £15.75ph
Office working role.
Ideally, the candidate must have experience of working in Social Housing.
Core responsibilities:
To provide the first point of contact for customers in relation to all aspects of Housing Management and provide administrative support to the Housing Management team.
- Daily contact with tenants and their representatives concerning any aspect of Housing Management and conditions of tenancy.
- To have knowledge of policies and procedures for dealing with breaches of conditions of tenancy, particularly anti-social behavior and rent arrears in order to assist the Housing Officers to provide advice and information to customers.
- To undertake all aspects of the Right to Buy and Mutual Exchange cases, including the property inspection.
Additional responsibilities:
- To always see the service through the eyes of the customer and make suggestions for improvement where appropriate
- To carry out duties efficiently and effectively
- To constantly challenge own performance and make improvements
- To help build pride, passion and reputation for NWLDC
- To participate in the Council’s appraisal scheme and to undertake any necessary training and development as identified for the job role
- To ensure high standards of health and safety practice are maintained in accordance with council policy, including the health and safety and welfare at work of themselves and colleagues.
- To promote the Council's Equality and Diversity Policy to ensure service provision and employment practices are non-discriminatory.
- To undertake any other reasonable tasks appropriate to the grading of the post and as required by the line manager
- To assist in the event of a civil emergency in any way as instructed
- Type:
- Temporary
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- Temporary
- Contact Name:
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- Telephone:
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- Job Reference:
- HOUSINGASS
- Job ID:
- 221886641
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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