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Location: London Borough of Harrow
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for London Borough of Harrow
Contract Type: Temporary (ongoing)
Hours of Work: 36 hours per week
Housing Assistant Officer at London Borough of Harrow:
Are you a motivated individual seeking an exciting opportunity with London Borough of Harrow? Join our expanding team as a Housing Assistant Officer. Candidates must hold a driving license, have business insurance, and access to a car. The role offers a pay rate of 16.19 per hour PAYE.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support tenancy and leasehold issues, collaborating with partners and service providers.
- Assist in database management and rent collection system maintenance.
- Handle initial enquiries from customers approaching the Housing Department.
- Undertake low-level actions to prevent arrears and manage housing.
- Conduct Tenancy Audits, Vulnerable Visits, and Settling-in visits.
- Support housing officers with Gas Access and EICR compliances.
- Fulfil reasonable management requests.
- Assist with Right to Buy queries and applications.
- Knowledge of housing laws and policies.
- Basic home repairs and maintenance knowledge.
- Understanding of welfare benefits.
- Ability to prioritize tasks.
- Driving license and proof of business insurance.
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.
London Borough of Harrow is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, any your data protection rights, can be found by visiting (url removed)
