Housing Officer

**Housing Officer**:
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**About the vacancy**

**Vacancy ID**:
2217

**Organisation**:

- Carmarthenshire County Council

**Number of vacancies**:

- 1

**Contract type**:

- Permanent Full Time

**Location**:

- Carmarthen

**Grade**:

- Grade G

**Salary**:

- £32,061 - £36,363
If part time and/or term time, the full time salary quoted (based on 37hrs) will be pro-rata'd accordingly**Hourly Rate**:

- £16.62 - £18.85

**Contract Hours**
- 37

**Come and join our team**

Do you have a positive, can-do attitude and good attention to detail? Then we would like to hear from you. We are looking for an energetic individual that can join our housing team to carry out tenancy and estate management. This can include all aspects of Housing Management but will predominantly be focussed on:

- building strong relationships with tenant to support tenancy sustainment and wellbeing
- Monitoring and managing rent accounts, implement payment plans, and promote a rent-first culture.
- Carrying out enforcement where appropriate when the contract conditions have been breached.

helping tenants maintain their tenancies through support and advice but also where appropriate enforcement action when tenants

As a Housing Officer, you will be working with and supporting tenants to sustain their tenancies, and improving peoples lives through quality homes and communities.

You will need to manage your own workload, be an effective team worker and be able to relate and work with both tenants and partner organisations.

If you think you have the qualities we need, we would like to hear from you.

For an informal discussion please contact Steven Jones (01554 899203/07776669224))
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**DBS level**:

- An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be requested for this job

**Welsh language level - verbal**
- Level 2 - You will need a basic level of conversational Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level.

**Closing Date**:
06/10/2025, 23:55

**The Rewards**

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

- Competitive salary
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing addition annual leave
- Access to staff health and wellbeing support
- Personal development and career progression
- Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies

**Additional Information**

We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

**Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.**

Please see the ‘How we Recruit’ guidance on the Careers Page for more information on the recruitment process.