Housing Allocations Officer

4 days ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Fox Morris Group Full time

**Housing Allocations Officer - West Northamptonshire Council (Hybrid)**

**3 + Month Ongoing Contract**

**Rate - Negotiable - Please send your CV with the rate of pay you require**

**Essentials**:

- A thorough working knowledge and understanding of current housing law, such as the Housing Act 1996, Parts VI and VII, Homelessness Act 2002, Localism Act 2012, Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and immigration law as it applies to housing eligibility, relevant code of guidance and case law.
- Experience with a local housing authority or Registered Housing Provider in a customer service or Housing capacity

**Job Role**:

- As a new unitary council we are moving from 3 separate housing allocations schemes ( the rules around how we allocate available social housing) to a single scheme. Alongside this we are moving from 2 different ICT systems for performing allocations to a single system. So we are completing a re-registration of all customers under the new scheme in the new ICT system.
- Training to develop detailed knowledge and understanding of the council’s new housing allocations scheme
- Training to develop good understanding and ability to use our new housing allocations ICT solution - Open Housing (Capita)
- User acceptance training tasks and test drills to test the new system and identify any faults for resolution
- Completing direct lets - matching applicants with available properties directly for a period of time while the new ICT is tested and launched
- Running shortlists once the new scheme and choice based lettings module is up & running to match highest priority applicants to the available property
- Uploading advert details of available properties - if necessary

**If you are interested, please send across an up-to-date CV and outline your availability/notice period/rate you are seeking and confirm you would like to be represented by Fox Morris Group for this position.**

If you know someone who would be a good fit for the role, please send over their contact details and get in touch, as we do offer a generous referral fee**.**

**IF THIS ROLE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU, BUT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ROLE, PLEASE SEND OVER YOUR CV AND I WILL CHECK WHAT ROLES I HAVE AVAILABLE.**

**Please note: We do not hold CV’s on file without first speaking with you.**

**Job Type**: Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

**Salary**: From £19.23 per hour

**Experience**:

- Housing Applications: 1 year (required)
- Housing Allocations: 1 year (required)
- Local authority or Housing Association: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Northampton

Reference ID: HAO - WNC



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