Housing Professional

Temporary Accommodation Housing Officer

Camden

Contract
36.70 per hour

Our client is looking for an experienced Temporary Accommodation Housing Officer.

This is a varied job role as we continue to build a diverse property portfolio of temporary accommodation consisting of council owned stock, leased accommodation, hostels and nightly paid accommodation located within and outside Camden borough. You will provide an enhanced, proactive housing management service for households in our temporary accommodation including all aspects of property management to ensure that the units are well maintained, remain safe and health and safety compliant.

You will be responsible for delivering a customer focused supportive service to homeless households residing in temporary accommodation with a focus on taking all necessary steps to maximise tenancy sustainment. You will be responsible for ensuring that customers are supported with completing Housing Benefit application, ensuring that the rent accounts have been set and that the rent is collected. You will liaise with landlords and property providers to build relationships and ensure that repairing obligations and health & housing safety rating standards are met.

You'll also be managing relationships with homeless households in temporary accommodation including taking relevant action to manage tenancy breaches.

PLEASE ONLY apply if you have the necessary skills, experience and expertise.

The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer.