Housing Management Specialist

3 days ago

Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom Riverside Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Housing Officer to join our team at Riverside. As a Housing Officer, you will play a vital role in delivering an outstanding housing management service to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Liaise with external stakeholders to deliver an effective referral pathway into the service/properties
  • Ensure occupancy targets are met, through lettings and refurbishment of empty properties in line with the scheme's re-allocation procedures
  • Allocate properties ensuring customers meet the criteria, affordability and required landlord checks
  • Meet with customers to provide practical support with setting up a new tenancy, ensuring all documents are complete and liaising with external stakeholders if required
  • Show new customers the accommodation and communal amenities, clearly communicating tenant responsibilities and compliance to enable them to fulfil and maximise their tenancy
  • Visit new customers to make sure they are settling into their accommodation and are being supported to follow their tenancy agreement

Delivering a Housing Management Service

  • Be responsible for ensuring empty properties are referred to Asset colleagues for void works, following the void procedure to ensure rooms are ready-to-let
  • Report and monitor the delivery of reactive repairs within properties to ensure they are maintained and health and safety compliant
  • Liaise with contractors and colleagues around planned maintenance programmes, ensuring that on-site delivery is well co-ordinated and in line with customer requirements
  • Undertake day-to-day housing management duties, ensuring high standards of cleanliness are maintained within services and that rooms are prepared, ready for site inspections
  • Proactively support customers experiencing issues that may put their accommodation at risk; where appropriate issuing warnings and Notices to Determine (NTDs) in consultation with Service Managers
  • Prepare files and case notes in readiness for court
  • Deliver a tenancy sustainment advice service to support customers to maintain their accommodation, claiming correct benefits
  • Work directly with customers to monitor or reduce issues of anti-social behaviour within the service
  • Meet regularly with customers to discuss ways to improve their accommodation, promoting involvement and consultation on matters impacting their housing
  • Ensure the safety of our customers by recognizing and acting on any risk by following local safeguarding procedures and escalating appropriately
  • Monitor and assist in maintaining health and safety requirements standards

Delivering an Administration Service

  • Carryout administrative tasks to support efficient running of the service
  • Produce reports and other written documentation as required to support housing management delivery
  • Maintain and update clear, accurate and strength-based records on the appropriate digital platform
  • Assist schemes in daily operational tasks, including answering phones and working on Reception, as required

About You

We are looking for someone with:

  • Experience of working within housing management
  • An understanding of the barriers faced by vulnerable and diverse customer groups and individuals with complex needs
  • Previous experience in positively resolving incidents

Why Riverside?

We are a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we've been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you'll enjoy:

  • Competitive pay & generous pension
  • 28 days holidays plus bank holidays (pro rata)
  • Flexible working options available
  • Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
  • A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:

We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.

Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Our Bradford Project

The successful candidate will join our Bradford Project, which comprises of 62 units in 13 properties across Bradford postcodes BD4,5,7 and 8. The project provides Housing Management only services to clients who have low to medium support needs. We aim to ensure that clients are tenancy ready to move on to more permanent accommodation within 6 months to 1 year.

Person Specification

Essential

  • An understanding of the barriers faced by vulnerable and diverse customer groups and individuals with complex needs
  • Experience of working within house management
  • Be a team player with a caring, empathetic, flexible and have a resilient, can-do attitude.
  • Previous experience in positively resolving incidents
  • Demonstrate initiative and confidence to make and act on decisions
  • Competent administrative and IT skills (to be able to produce reports and other communications)

Desirable

  • Knowledge of current benefit systems
  • Knowledge of Housing regulations
  • Experience of working in challenging environments with the ability to plan, prioritise, organise tasks to achieve results
  • Experience of working within a care & support environment

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