Lettingsofficer

Tempting Recruitment are working alongside our client, a Local Authority, who are looking to recruit an experienced Lettings** **Officer to join their team based in the London area.

**JOB DETAILS**
- PAY RATE: £22.99 per hour Umbrella
- WORK TYPE: Temporary
- WORK PATTERN: Full Time
- LOCATION: London

**JOB SUMMARY**
- To deliver excellent professional and specialist services to residents in line with the Council’s vision, values, resources, strategic and service priorities.
- To maximise letting of over 7000 garages, underground car parks and other parking schemes.
- To ensure that the waiting list is managed appropriately and that properties are allocated in accordance with the lettings policy and procedure

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
The duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

- To contribute to the management of Home Ownership Services reporting to the Garages Services Manager on all matters relating to the management of garages and other non-residential properties (including barrow stores) the identification of disused garage areas, the letting of garages, parking areas and barrow stores and the management of voids and waiting lists.
- To represent Homeownership Services at public meetings, working groups Tenants and Home Owners Councils and other resident forums, presenting prepared reports and presentations and answering questions. To carry out consultation on all matters relating to the letting of garages, parking schemes and other non-residential properties with all relevant stakeholders.
- To ensure that all garages, barrow stores and other parking schemes are properly managed and let with minimum void periods and within target. To ensure that processes to minimise void periods and new lettings are properly managed. To inspect new voids including barrow stores and liaise with the Repairs and Contracts Officer to ensure that any necessary repairs are carried out in a minimum period of time in order to re-let within target. To work with the Voids and Repossessions and Repairs and Contracts Officers to actively pre-allocate non-residential properties within the portfolio to ensure that properties are let in a proactive manner reducing void times. To promote the availability of the garages available for letting in regards to the refurbished sites and hard to let areas and where there is not a high demand.
- To ensure that garages, barrow stores and parking areas are fit for purpose in order to maximise income from licences. Including regular communal inspections to identify areas of disrepair, anti-social behaviour or other issues which may prohibit lettings. Including regular site visits and quarterly joint visits with the Repairs and Contracts Officer.

**THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE**
- Knowledge of legal processes on tenancy management, in particular surrounding the ending and commencing of licences.
- Experience of letting non-residential units including garages and barrow stores and experience of managing parking schemes in both the public and private sectors.
- Experience of finding positive solutions to meet customer needs. Actively seeking alternative ways to solve problems

**HOW TO APPLY