Housing Options Officer, Inverness

1 month ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Highland Council Full time

Job Description

Post Title: Housing Options Officer
Location
: Inverness
Hours : 35 hours per week
Duration : Permanent
Salary : £32, - £36, p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person : Lyndsey Mateer Tel:

Job Purpose : To take a customer based “housing options” approach to help people to meet their housing needs. This will involve members of the public seeking assistance with either their housing need or housing crisis, incorporating homeless prevention, statutory homelessness and council house allocations in accordance with Council policies.

Please APPLY ONLINE . If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Completed the Professional Development Award (Level 7) in Housing Law, Information and Advice, or be prepared to undertake this course of study immediately following appointment.

Have access to personal transport - Given the nature of this job, the post holder will be required to make visits away from their normal base. A driving licence is highly desirable, but consideration would be given to the post holder making alternative arrangements as long as these meet the operational requirements of the Service.

Experience of working with the public in a sometimes challenging front line service delivery environment.


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