Housing Needs Officer

1 month ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Hays Full time

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Hays are the exclusive recruiting partner for Birmingham City Council, their Allocation & Applications team is currently looking for 8 Officers to join their team on a full-time temporary basis. Being the largest leading local authority in the whole of Europe, Birmingham City Council are renowned for their expertise in public services and endless opportunities.

Your new role

As an Allocation & Application Officer you will deliver a responsive and customer focused Allocation & Application Service and ensure BCC’s Housing Allocation Scheme is administered appropriately and within legislative requirements. Provide expert advice and information on BCC’s Housing Allocation Scheme and housing registration process to a range of stakeholders. Conduct housing application assessments and ensure decisions are made in compliance with relevant service policies and legislation. Manage the process of shortlisting, allocating and matching properties on BCC’s letting system. Support the service to monitor nomination acceptances and refusals, including helping ensure nomination agreements are being administrated in full accordance to the terms agreed.

What you'll need to succeed

In order to succeed in this role, you will need to have experience as a Homeless Officer or have a background working in Homeless Centres, and knowledge of Legislation and Part 6 and 7 of the Housing Act would be highly beneficial. This role will be an ASAP start, which before starting you will need to pass your reference and compliance checks, upon registration please have your 2 most recent employment details available for reference checks, you will also need to pass a Basic DBS check to start this role, Hays will put this into process for you.

What you'll get in return

This is a full-time, working on site role and you will be based out of New Aston House in Newtown. This role is currently offering an hourly rate of pay £12, and after 13 weeks in assignment you will receive an up lift to £13.20.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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