Housing Officer

Neurodivergent - Neurodiverse; Reading; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension with matched contributions up 

Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%

36 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)

Healthcare cashback plan

Wellbeing support and EAP

Employee discounts and rewards

Job summary

Places for People is seeking a Community Housing Manager to deliver a customer-focused housing management service across a regional patch including Oxfordshire, Reading and Wokingham. You will take ownership of tenancy and neighbourhood issues, inspect communal areas and collaborate with internal teams and partners to sustain tenancies and maintain safe communities.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, safeguarding, Armed Forces and Disability Confident policies apply, with flexible working

Qualifications

• Social housing experience.
• Experience delivering housing, tenancy or neighbourhood management services within a customer-focused organisation.
• Experience managing housing-related issues such as anti-social behaviour, tenancy breaches, safeguarding or tenancy sustainment.
• Experience of working with vulnerable customers.
• A valid full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a customer-focused housing management service across a regional patch of around 450 homes across Oxfordshire, Reading and Wokingham.
• Take ownership of tenancy and neighbourhood issues and find practical solutions for our customers.
• Oversee service charge budgets for the schemes you manage and work with internal teams and external partners.
• Identify and support vulnerable customers through safeguarding procedures.

Skills

Social housing experience

Housing/neighbourhood management

Safeguarding or tenancy sustainment

Vulnerable customers experience

Driving licence and vehicle

Job description

As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we move lives forward every day by building, managing and supporting thriving Communities. From new homes, social housing and student accommodation to leisure, education and Community initiatives, our work makes a positive difference to millions of People across the UK. And that takes People who care about doing the right thing. People who are ambitious, ready to grow and motivated to make a difference through the work they do. We're looking for colleagues who bring energy, curiosity and ownership. People who enjoy being challenged, support those around them and want to keep raising the bar. Because when we perform at our best, we create more opportunities to invest in our customers, our communities and each other. Experience matters, but it's only part of the story. If you share our values and want to build a career where your work has real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

More about your role

As a Community Housing Manager, you'll deliver a customer-focused housing management service across a regional patch of around 450 homes across Oxfordshire, Reading and Wokingham. You will take ownership of tenancy and neighbourhood issues and finding practical solutions for our customers. You'll regularly inspect communal areas, manage cases of anti-social behaviour and tenancy breaches, support customers to sustain their tenancies and help ensure our communities remain safe and well maintained. You'll also oversee service charge budgets for the schemes you manage, work closely with internal teams and external partners, and identify and support vulnerable customers through our safeguarding procedures.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn't allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

• Social housing experience
• Experience delivering housing, tenancy or neighbourhood management services within a customer-focused organisation.
• Experience managing housing-related issues such as anti-social behaviour, tenancy breaches, safeguarding or tenancy sustainment.
• Experience of working with vulnerable customers
• A valid full driving licence and access to a vehicle

More about you

You’ll have a strong understanding of the issues that can affect customers and their tenancies, including safeguarding and the needs of vulnerable customers. You'll be comfortable taking ownership of cases, using your initiative to solve problems and working with a diverse range of people. A basic DBS check is required for this role.

Benefits

We know rewarding work deserves rewarding benefits. That's why, alongside a competitive salary, you'll have access to a package designed to support you at work and beyond.

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%
• 36 days holiday (including bank holidays) pro rata with the option to buy or sell days
• Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs, with private GP and health support services available
• Comprehensive wellbeing support including counselling, flu jabs, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to our Wellbeing Hub, supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing
• Access to Our Place Rewards, offering discounts and savings on groceries, travel, shopping, home products and other lifestyle purchases
• Ongoing training, professional qualifications, internal development programmes and career progression opportunities
• Recognition programmes including Star Awards and Colleague Awards, celebrating achievements and recognising great work
• Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement
• Free membership to Places Gyms
• Life Assurance to provide financial security for your loved ones, alongside access to will writing services to help you plan for the future with confidence