Housing Solutions Officer

2 weeks ago

Norwich, United Kingdom South Norfolk Council & Broadland District Council Full time

**Role Snapshot**

Do you like helping people and working as part of busy team? Do you want to make a real difference in people’s lives, addressing housing issues and helping prevent homelessness? Then read on...

**What you could be part of**

Several exciting opportunities have arisen at South Norfolk and Broadland Council to be a part of our excellent Housing and Benefits Team. We are seeking a Housing Solution Officer to provide best-in-class housing advice to our residents, conduct statutoryhomeless assessments, undertake homeless prevention and relief work and to help customers access appropriate accommodation from a wide range of options, including social housing through our housing register.

Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focussed services. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital and we challengeourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Providing a comprehensive housing options service to customers
- Preventing and relieving homelessness within the framework of the Homelessness Reduction Act
- Helping to arrange temporary accommodation when needed
- Prioritising and managing a complex caseload, whilst managing the day-to-day demands in a busy and pressurised environment.
- Working with a wide range of partner organisations and housing providers to secure the best possible outcomes for our customers

**We are looking for**

A highly organised, tenacious and resourceful individual with significant experience of working in a housing or other advice environment, who will provide a comprehensive and empathetic housing options service to customers. You must also have a thoroughunderstanding of the legal and regulatory framework underpinning housing. You will also be a great communicator who is driven to making a difference using exceptional analytical and critical reasoning skills and will be able to demonstrate strong negotiating,influencing and advocacy skills.

**You will need**
- 5 GCSE’s A - C, including maths and English or equivalent to demonstrate numeracy and literacy
- A full driving licence
- To be a highly organised and resourceful, with experience of working in a housing or other customer outcome-focused environment
- A thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory framework underpinning housing and homelessness

**What’s in it for you**

**Why Work For Us?**

Do you want to know more about why our staff work for us? Our website has a fantastic why work for us section where our staff tell us what makes working for the Councils so special.

**What Flexible and Agile Working Arrangements do we Offer?**

The Councils understand the importance of operating a work life balance in the modern world. The Councils operate a flexible working policy and agile working options available for employees where operationally possible.

**What Roles Do the Councils Offer?**

The Councils operate a vast and diverse number of services for our residents, so with this comes a vast and diverse amount of job roles within the Councils. Our website has a great graphic showing all our job families and roles within the Councils. Fromhere you can plan your career with the Councils or get some ideas on other roles that you may be interested in.

**What Benefits do our Employees Receive?**

View all our amazing staff benefits on offer for our employees. Our website has a brilliant benefits section allowing you to see the range of discounts, exclusive offers and total rewards our employees receive. Make sure you stop by to find out more information.

**What Employer Accreditations do we Hold?**

The Councils have a range of employer accreditations that we have worked very hard to achieve. Our website has a full descriptive list of all our current accreditations and what this means for our employees.

**What Wellbeing Support do our Staff Have Access to?**

The Councils want to ensure all our employees have a safe comfortable place to work, ensuring that employees feel empowered to actively manage their own wellbeing both at work and at home. The Councils have a large wellbeing section available on the websiteoutlining our commitment to the wellbeing of the employees of the Council.

**Where are we advertising?**

We are advertising internally and externally.

**Key Information**

If you any questions about the role, then please don’t hesitate to contact the Recruiting Manager or the HR Team, who will be happy to answer any questions on the role or the Councils.

**Interview date**:To be confirmed

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