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Hourly rate: £23.56 via Umbrella
Location: South West (Hybrid)
Hours: 37
Duration: 5 Months
Venn Group are currently working with a Local Authority in the South West, who are seeking a Housing Solutions Officer to assist with reducing the number of under occupied households within the Council’s housing stock.
Main duties of the job:
- Engage frequently with tenants, their family, and friends, providing solutions to meet their housing needs
- Ensure relevant documentation is completed, example: housing register application forms, tenancy agreements, tenancy termination forms, grant/tenant incentive forms and welfare benefit change of circumstances forms
- Responsible for updating the housing management system with changes to tenancies
- Responsible for determination of value of grants awarded under the Council’s Transfer Removal Grant scheme
- Report concerns relating to the safeguarding of children, young people, or vulnerable adults in accordance with agreed procedures
- Liaise regularly with the Housing Property Void Team to ensure all works are completed within specified deadlines
Essential Skills:
- Knowledge of the demographics of the housing tenants, the local community and wider sub regional impacts, in respect of properties for letting and impacts on homelessness
- Detailed and extensive professional and technical knowledge of wider housing management policy and practice, housing law and best practice relating to neighbourhood and tenancy management
- Enhanced DBS
- Driving licence and access to own car
To apply for this role and for more information, please send your updated CV to Ashleigh Clarke at or call
