Accommodation Finding Officer

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Well-being support

Job summary

Birmingham City Council is seeking an Accommodation Finding Officer to source and secure housing solutions in the private rented sector and with partner organisations. You will identify properties around Birmingham, build landlord relationships, and negotiate tenancy solutions for homeless households, while ensuring standards and legislation are met.

The role focuses on market opportunities, property procurement, and supporting tenancy setup, with travel across Birmingham and a commitment to

Qualifications

• Experience in sales, marketing, property or business development.
• Knowledge of the private rented sector.
• Experience building relationships with landlords, customers and external stakeholders.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding targets.
• Knowledge of property standards and housing-related legislation.
• Strong communication, organisational and customer service skills.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel across Birmingham.

Responsibilities

• Identify and procure suitable properties in and around Birmingham.
• Build and maintain relationships with landlords, housing providers and key stakeholders.
• Negotiate tenancy arrangements and housing solutions for homeless households.
• Assess property suitability and ensure accommodation meets required standards and legislation.
• Support tenancy set-up processes, including agreements, inventories and incentive schemes.
• Research market opportunities and identify new housing supply options.
• Monitor property portfolios and maintain accurate property information systems.
• Support service improvement projects, performance monitoring and reporting activities.

Skills

Property procurement

Landlord relationships

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Driving licence

Microsoft Office

Tools

Property management software

Job description

As an Accommodation Finding Officer, you will play a key role in sourcing and securing accommodation solutions through the private rented sector and other housing providers. Working closely with landlords, housing associations and partner organisations, you will help increase the availability of suitable homes and support the Council in meeting its statutory homelessness responsibilities.

• Identifying and procuring suitable properties in and around Birmingham.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with landlords, housing providers and key stakeholders.
• Negotiating tenancy arrangements and housing solutions for homeless households.
• Assessing property suitability and ensuring accommodation meets required standards and legislation.
• Supporting tenancy set-up processes, including agreements, inventories and incentive schemes.
• Researching market opportunities and identifying new housing supply options.
• Monitoring property portfolios and maintaining accurate property information systems.
• Supporting service improvement projects, performance monitoring and reporting activities.

About You

We are looking for motivated individuals with a background in property procurement, estate agency, sales, business development or a related sector. You will have:

• Experience working in a sales, marketing, property or business development environment.
• Strong knowledge of property procurement and the private rented sector.
• Experience building relationships with landlords, customers and external stakeholders.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
• A proven track record of meeting and exceeding targets and performance measures.
• Knowledge of property standards and housing-related legislation.
• Strong communication, organisational and customer service skills.
• The ability to analyse information and present solutions to a range of audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
• A full driving licence and the ability to travel across Birmingham

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.