Neighbourhood Housing Officer - Until 31st Dec 2026

Incommunities; Bradford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Social Housing Pension Scheme with up

28 days annual leave

Essential car user allowance

Training, development andqualification

Job summary

Incommunities is recruiting a Neighbourhood Housing Officer on a fixed-term basis until 31 December 2026. You will deliver a high quality housing management service across a patch, conduct estate and home inspections, and collaborate with partners to keep neighbourhoods safe and welcoming.

Role emphasizes strong customer service, stakeholder engagement and data handling using MS Office. DBS check and right-to-work in the UK are required; salary is £33,646 per year (pro rata) with related

Qualifications

• Experience of dealing with customers face to face in a housing related role.
• Ability to gather, record and analyse data using manual and electronic systems (Microsoft packages).
• Flexible and adaptable approach to a changing workload.
• Demonstrable experience in writing and communicating clearly to different audiences.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high quality housing management service and ensure landlord duties are fulfilled.
• Co-ordinate a full range of housing services to keep neighbourhoods clean and safe.
• Spend 80% of time out in neighbourhoods and inspect properties and tenancy records.
• Identify risks, ASB and tenancy breaches and put in place action plans.
• Develop neighbourhood action plans and sustain positive stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Customer service

Housing management

ASB handling

Stakeholder engagement

Data entry

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Due to growth, we are currently recruiting a new Neighbourhood Housing Officer to join us on a fixed term basis until 31st December 2026 ! You will deliver a high quality housing management service, making a real difference to our customers and the communities that they live in. This will include completing estate and home inspections, supporting our customers, vast partnership working and dealing with ASB across your patch. For internal applicants - please note that secondment opportunities will be considered subject to your line managers approval. Previous applicants in the last 3 months need not re-apply.

About us

We are a social housing landlord and one of the largest housing providers in the region with over 22,000 social and affordable homes, mainly in the Bradford district. We employ a talented workforce of nearly 1,000 people. Last year we launched our five-year Corporate Strategy, which runs to 2029. Our purpose is to provide high quality homes, services, and support to our customers, so we've worked with colleagues and customers to find out what's important to them. Our customers sit at the heart of what we do, and our colleagues are the people who'll help us achieve our vision, which is to create the best customer experience to improve everyday lives.

Duties include

• Deliver a high-quality housing management service that helps customers to live well and enjoy their home and neighbourhood by offering assistance and ensuring that Incommunities duties as a landlord are fulfilled.
• Co-ordinate a full range of housing services, to ensure that our neighbourhoods are clean, safe, welcoming places where people want to live.
• Spend 80% of your time out in our neighbourhoods.
• Take ownership for your neighbourhood patch, ensuring services are delivered to a high standard and identifying where works are required on properties and common areas.
• Complete property inspections and tenancy checksto ensure tenancy obligations are being adhered to and tenancy records are up to date.
• Identify when customers are not meeting their tenancy obligations and put in place action plans to resolve, including the management of ASB and tenancy breaches.
• Identify any support needs for individual customers and refer internally or externally as necessary, including making safeguarding referrals.
• Ensure that risks, including gas and electrical compliance and fire safety are identified and managed in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Develop and co-ordinate neighbourhood action plans, with the wider business and in consultation with customers
• Proactively develop and sustain positive working relationships with key stakeholders to deliver safe and clean neighbourhoods, this includes partnerships with local police, local authorities and other agencies/organisations .
• Work and contribute to investment/other projects when required.
• Proactively and effectively respond to and reduce complaints, ensuring a focus on de-escalation and an improvement in customer satisfaction.
• Ensure all services are delivered in a tailored manner taking into account our customers diverse needs.
• Make a positive contribution to your neighbourhoods by identifying where local investment could contribute to the prevention of crime and ASB or where adult and youth enrichment activities could improve the lives of residents.
• Develop knowledge and awareness of social housing and community issues including case law, best practice, current legislation and national initiatives
• Experience of dealing with customers face to face in a housing related role
• Experience of working with customers and stakeholders to deliver sustainable improvements and positive outcomes for communities.
• Knowledge of dealing with anti-social behavior complaints
• A passion for delivering excellent customer service and making a difference to the peoples lives.
• Awareness of customers diverse needs
• Flexible and adaptable approach to a changing and varied workload
• Demonstrable experience in the ability to write and communicate clearly and appropriately to different audiences.
• Ability to gather, record and analyse data, using manual and electronic systems including microsoft packages.
• Excellent organisation, project management and time management skills
• Ability to prioritise, manage your own workload and to meet deadlines
• Self-motivated, driven and skilled at taking ownership

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, we are not able to provide visa sponsorship. A basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check will be required for the successful candidate as part of the pre-employment process - Criminal Conviction Checks

• Salary of £33,646 per year (pro rata)
• £1,000 Essential car user allowance per year plus mileage (pro rata)
• Social Housing Pension Scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
• 28 days annual leave that increases with service plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Option to buy and sell annual leave
• Training, development, and qualification opportunities

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