Accommodation Officer

3 weeks ago


West Suffolk, United Kingdom West Suffolk Council Full time

**About the role**:
A home is more than just a roof over someone’s head - it’s where individuals and families find their security, safety and stability.

We are recruiting for a fulltime Accommodation Officer to help minimise the use and cost of temporary accommodation.

**What you will need**:
To meet the requirements of this role you must be able to provide a high quality, responsive, customer-focused housing management and lettings service for homeless households living in temporary accommodation.
- Undertake regular visits and inspections to ensure that all of the temporary accommodation the council uses is being maintained in a good condition
- Work proactively with contractors to ensure that temporary accommodation is repaired
- Ensure that a comprehensive, up-to-date inventory and schedule of condition is maintained in relation to every property that is leased or owned by the council
- Ensure that homeless households living in temporary accommodation are helped and encouraged to comply with their licence or tenancy conditions

**Why work for us?** Our benefits include**:

- a generous pension scheme (LGPS) including life assurance (a payment of three times your annual salary)
- flexible working options to enable work/life balance
- agile working (ability to work in the office and from home) with work being an activity we do, not a place we go
- access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services
- Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and spread the cost over your salary).
- Rail and bus staff discounts
- a range of Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme
- discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres
- a culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning
- Modern office accommodation

**For more information**:
**Closing date**: Sunday 12 May 2024

West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 councils for climate action and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities. The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2030.



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