Housing Income Officer

2 weeks ago

Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Brighton & Hove City Council Full time

**Housing Income Officer**: Posted on 9 May 2023 Apply
- Directorate BHCC: Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities
- Salary £30,151 to £34,723
- Contract Permanent

**Location**:
Housing Centre, Unit 1, Fairway Trading Estate, Eastergate Road, Brighton

**Job Summary**:
- Job reference- orbis/TP/233845/33052-
- Positions available- 5-
- Working hours- 37-
- Closing date- 11 June 2023-
- Job category- Housing-
- Organisation- Brighton & Hove City Council**Job introduction**:
Brighton & Hove is a great place to live, learn, work and visit. Our diverse and vibrant community is passionate about the city and there’s a shared commitment to celebrating and promoting all that makes Brighton & Hove so unique.

You’ll be working in a directorate that is dedicated to empowering people from different communities and backgrounds to live well and thrive, supported by our city-wide work on fairness, inclusion, and engagement. You’ll have an ability to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders, a deep understanding of the needs of our different communities and residents, and the skills to ensure accessibility and inclusion in your work.

We are committed to delivering an outstanding service to our residents and to making the Tenancy Team within our Housing, Neighbourhood and Communities Directorate the first choice for you to work.

If you are looking to work in a flexible and forward-thinking organisation, you have excellent customer service and administrative skills with some knowledge of housing benefits and are looking for an exciting new challenge, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

**About the role**:
You will provide benefits and budgeting advice and work closely with our money and debt advice providers as well as Tenancy Sustainment to provide a wraparound service ensuring that struggling tenants have access to the right level of support. With the current cost of living pressures, you will provide bespoke support to help sustain tenancies.

This varied role will see you building relationships with tenants and a range of different agencies, as well as promoting a payment culture, money advice services, advising on benefits and financial inclusion initiatives. You will also be responsible for enforcement and have the opportunity to represent the Council in Court.

We offer specialist in-house training on income management and housing, as well as operating a bursary scheme for more formal qualifications. There are opportunities for career progression, which we actively support and encourage.

We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of two days a week in the office depending on service requirements, to support a positive work / life balance. We can also offer fully office-based arrangements as an option. Our diverse team is based at our Housing Centre in Moulsecoomb. On the days you are working in the office you will be in a spacious and welcoming working environment, with a friendly and supportive team.

In return, we can offer you a competitive salary, training and qualifications, career progression with the opportunity to become involved with bespoke projects, flexible working, a generous annual leave allowance with the opportunity to buy extra days, staff discounts, and admittance into the Local Government Pension Scheme.

For more information about our organisation and the Housing Income Officer role, please download the job description / person specification.

**Additional information**:
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

**Company information**:
**Encouraging a diverse workforce**

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

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