Housing Partner (3 Month Temp)

Deverell Smith Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; In loco; GBP 25.000 - 35.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Deverell Smith Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Housing Officer to manage a patch across West London on a 3-month fixed-term contract. You will deliver proactive tenancy management, safety and community engagement, with flexibility for field-based and office days.

A full UK driving licence and own car are essential for daily regional travel. The role offers an hourly rate equivalent to £45k per year (£21.90 per hour plus holiday pay), paid weekly through Christmas, with start ASAP.

Competenze

• Recent experience as Housing Officer or Neighbourhood Officer in social housing
• Experience with legal housing management including taking tenancy breaches to court
• Ability to manage a varied caseload independently and meet KPIs
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car (essential)
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
• CIH Level 3 in Housing is desirable

Mansioni

• tenancy management: viewings, sign-ups, new tenancy visits, tenancy audits and end-of-tenancy visits
• Mutual exchanges, transfers, successions and assignments, following legislation and policy
• Tenancy enforcement: breaches, nuisance, unauthorised alterations, overcrowding, and possession proceedings
• Estate and block inspections in collaboration with estate services
• Resolving neighbour disputes and low-level ASB with community safety colleagues handling more serious cases
• Supporting vulnerable residents through safeguarding referrals and multi-agency meetings
• Community engagement, local improvement plans and aiding new-build neighbourhoods

Conoscenze

Housing Officer

Tenancy management

Community safety

Stakeholder engagement

Formazione

GCSE Maths & English

CIH Level 3 in Housing

Strumenti

CRM systems

Housing management software

Descrizione del lavoro

Housing Officer / Neighbourhood Officer - Hourly rate equivalent to £45k - Temp, Start ASAP - West London (W10) - Driver essential

£45k equivalent. Paid weekly. Start before Christmas. Run your own diary.

If you're an experienced Housing Officer who wants strong money, real independence and an immediate start, this is the role to end the year on.

You’ll be paid an hourly rate equivalent to £45,000 a year (£21.90ph plus holiday pay), with pay landing every week right through Christmas and into the new year. That means you’ll head into January, when the job market really picks up, with recent social housing experience on your CV.

We’re recruiting for a well-established housing association in West London on a 3-month fixed-term contract. It’s ideal for a Neighbourhood Officer, Tenancy Management Officer, Housing Management Officer, Estate Officer or Patch Manager ready to hit the ground running.

Please note: you must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to your own car. You’ll be driving across the region every day, so we can’t consider applications without this.

Why you’ll want this role

• Hourly rate equivalent to £45k: £21.90 per hour plus holiday pay, paid weekly
• Quick start: interviews now, start ASAP
• Cash before Christmas and continuous work into the new year
• Agile, hybrid working: no fixed desk and no clock-watching. Work on your patch, from home or between visits, and plan your own diary
• London office (W10) for team days, training and collaboration
• Your own patch of up to 600 homes, where you’ll be the trusted, familiar face of the community
• Strong support from specialist community safety, estate services and compliance colleagues
• Employer-paid Basic DBS check

What you’ll be doing

You’ll deliver a proactive, face-to-face housing management service across your patch, including:

• Tenancy management: viewings, sign-ups, new tenancy visits, tenancy audits and end-of-tenancy visits
• Mutual exchanges, transfers, successions and assignments, in line with legislation and policy
• Tenancy enforcement: tenancy fraud, nuisance, unauthorised alterations, overcrowding and abandonment, including possession proceedings and court cases
• Estate and block inspections, working with estate services to keep standards high
• Resolving neighbour disputes and low-level ASB, with community safety colleagues handling more serious cases
• Supporting vulnerable residents through safeguarding referrals, signposting and multi-agency meetings
• Community engagement, local improvement plans and helping launch new-build neighbourhoods

What you’ll need

• Recent experience as a Housing Officer, Neighbourhood Officer or in a similar tenancy management role, ideally in social housing
• Hands-on experience of legal housing management, including taking tenancy breaches to court
• Confidence handling challenging situations and difficult conversations
• Good IT skills and experience with CRM or housing management systems
• The ability to manage a varied caseload independently and meet KPIs
• Comfort working alone in the field
• A full UK driving licence and access to your own car (essential)
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
• CIH Level 3 in Housing is desirable

Good to know

37 hours per week, with occasional evenings and weekends. You may occasionally cover other areas across the region.