Emergency Accommodation Procurement Officer
7 months ago
Overview:
The London Borough of Harrow is looking for an Emergency Accommodation Procurement Officer to be responsible for negotiating and the procurement of good quality emergency accommodation of suitable type, sizes, and location across the private sector to meet the duties to homeless households. To establish new links with emergency accommodation service providers and secure rooms from hoteliers and other providers, negotiating best prices, obtaining value for money, and complying with legislation regarding suitability of accommodation. To procure accommodation if required for use by other Council services responsible for the provision of accommodation to customers meeting qualifying criteria (i.e. care leavers, 'no recourse to public funds’ households, mental health households etc.). To ensure all properties acquired comply with property standards and statutory requirements and are as cost-effective as possible in line with Pan London Rates as applicable.
About you:
- Experience working in a housing environment
- Experience of negotiating with suppliers to obtain the best possible value for money
- Experience of contract management
- Experience of inspecting properties and making sure meets required standards
- Experience of delivering a customer focused service, dealing with customer queries by telephone and/ or face to face, achieving satisfactory outcomes.
- Experience of developing relationships with wide range of local stakeholders and partners
- Experience of dealing with people in stressful situations
- Ability to be assertive in dealing with difficult situations and confrontational/stressful situations with clients and hoteliers in both office-based environment and over telephone
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