Housing Officer

**Housing Officer **(2252)****:
**Overview**:
**Ref**:
2252

**Salary**:
£29,000 - £29,000/annum

**Location**:

- United Kingdom - England - Yorkshire and the Humber - West Yorkshire - Morley

**Contract Type**:
Permanent

**Posted**:
06 March 2023

Pinnacle Group provides people-first, integrated services across a range of community-facing assets and infrastructure - including multi-tenure housing, schools, open spaces, public buildings, utilities and broadband networks - as well as a range of complementary employment and wellbeing outcomes. Across the UK, Pinnacle supports over 300,000 homes, 200 schools and 80 public buildings creating value, providing stewardship and generating positive outcomes for our customers, our partners and our clients.

Our Homes business serves communities by providing trusted housing management solutions. We take a collaborative and commercially minded, yet socially principled approach across our portfolio of Affordable, Private Rented and Leasehold properties.

**The Role - Housing Officer**

You will be based from our office in the Morley area but travel across Kirklees will be part of the job so a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle would be an essential requirement.

**Duties/Key Responsibilities**
- To assist with the housing management of 466 local authority homes including 140 homes across 3 extra care facilities.
- Deliver a high customer satisfaction and assist in conducting all customer satisfaction performance tests in accordance with the contract.
- Ensure that equality is a key consideration and that the concepts of quality and equality are fully integrated into practices and procedures relating to service delivery.
- Maximise opportunities for customer involvement.
- Assist in providing help and support to customers including advice on rent payments where appropriate.
- Ensure customers meet and maintain all the obligations outlined in their tenancy agreement.
- Develop close working partnerships with a number of different organisations, such as Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing, Police, Social Services and departments within Kirklees Council.
- Provide support to the Senior Housing Officer across a range of housing management issues including but not limited to; rental income and debt management, anti social behaviour, breaches of tenancy, succession and assignment, all in accordance with relevant legislation and contract policy and procedures.
- To Support the Senior Housing Officer to minimise void turnaround times.
- Support the Senior Housing Officer to minimise rent arrears
- Support the Senior Housing Officer to minimise void turnaround times.
- Support the delivery of our repairs and maintenance requirements.
- Help with the Preparation of documents that may be used in case conferences or as evidence in court.
- Ensure that the services provided are continually reviewed and refined to exceed customer expectations.
- To be an integral part of the housing management team, deputising in the absence of colleagues and carrying out any other reasonable ad-hoc duties as required.

**Skills**
- Housing/Housing management experience.
- Experience of social housing including extra care.
- Full UK Driving Licence with access to your own vehicle is essential.
- Good standard of written English
- A knowledge of the housing benefit system is desirebale.

**Contact information**:
KirkleesH Mock