Graduate Trainee

**Post**: Graduate Trainee - Housing

**Location**: Ryedale District Council, Malton

**Grade**: E, F, G

**Salary**: First six months at £21,968, second six months at £22,777, final 12 months at £24,948

**Contract**: 2 year fixed term positions as part of the NYCC graduate programme

**Hours**: Full time, 37 hours per week

**Start date**:Anticipated start of summer 2020.

The Council’s housing responsibilities include the Council’s statutory housing functions and the private sector housing role, housing options services and housing links with Community safety, with the exception of Housing Management, This affords an opportunity to take a holistic view of all aspects of housing within the district and develop initiatives that may be used to benefit both social and private sector housing. In order to illustrate the scope of duties and responsibilities these may be broadly categorised under the following headings:

- Strategic Housing Function and Development
- Private Sector Housing
- Empty Properties
- Gypsy and Travellers site
- Housing Options and Homelessness
- Corporate Parenting

Benefits of working and learning in the service:

- Experience of working in a busy rural District Council
- Learning from highly experienced Housing officers and other specialists
- Opportunity to take responsibility for your own caseload
- Developing confidence in your own judgment
- Improving your communication and negotiation skills
- Experience of working in partnership with other organisations, such as North Yorkshire County Council, Parish Councils, Registered Providers and statutory bodies including Homes England

Graduate trainees will be offered the appropriate management skills training if they acquire staff to manage during their programme or to support their permanent placement following the graduate programme.

**Key dates**:
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 27th November

Interview date: Monday 5th December

Job Description

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