Housing Allocations Officer

1 week ago


Walsall, United Kingdom Walsall Council Full time

**Housing Allocations Officer - Ref: CH13323**
**Salary: G7 £31,364 to £35,745 per annum.**
**Contract: Permanent**
**Working pattern: Full time, 37 hours a week 5 days a week**

Are you passionate about helping people? This could be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Housing and Welfare Service for a Housing Allocations Officer. Your role will include the following:

- To provide advice and assistance on the Council’s Allocations Scheme and Nominations Agreement
- To assist with maintaining the Council’s Housing Register
- To ensure all housing legislation and regulation is adhered to in the context of housing allocations.
- To be responsible for the allocation process through to the matching of properties.
- To allocating accommodation to households in line with the Housing Allocation Scheme through the direct matching system including administering the direct matching process for groups such as those with medical needs (including delayed discharge of care cases, under occupiers and homeless cases).
- To coordinate the input of void properties from Housing Associations.

We are looking for a pro-active individual who can take an innovative approach to problem solving and is an effective negotiator. You will have the ability to be flexible, compassionate, and have a positive attitude towards customers. Working with an established team, the role will be challenging, frustrating at times but ultimately rewarding.

The post will require hybrid working.

**View **Job Description and Employee Specification**

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

If you would like to know more about this role, please contact: Jeanette Hitchcock on 01922 658307.

**Closing date: 19th March 2024.**

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

**Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

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To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

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