Neighbourhood Officer in Guildford)

Ad Warrior Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association in Guildford is looking for a Neighbourhood Officer to manage properties and engage with residents. The role includes ensuring tenant compliance, handling complaints, and organizing community activities. Candidates should have experience in neighbourhood management and excellent communication skills. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of £35,249 per annum.

Benefits

Disability Confident Employer

Menopause Friendly accreditation

Qualifications

• Experience working in a public sector or commercial setting managing neighbourhoods and tenancies.
• Experience leading and engaging residents in neighbourhood management.
• Ability to handle complaints and find innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality resident-focused neighbourhood management service.
• Organise resident participation activities to engage the community.
• Develop partnerships with Local Authorities to manage community issues.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Relationship building

IT literacy

Tools

Office 365

Housing management software

Job description

Overview

Neighbourhood Officer

Location: Guildford, Leatherhead

Salary: £35,249 per annum

Part of the Stonewater Group, Mount Green Housing Association meets people's housing needs across Surrey and North Sussex through the delivery of a local service to its residents.

We are recruiting for two Neighbourhood Officers; one to manage properties in Guildford and one to manage properties in Leatherhead.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality resident-focused neighbourhood and tenancy management service to residents, ensuring that terms and conditions of tenancy are maintained, and landlord obligations fulfilled.
• Be the focal point for all residents within the area that you manage, ensuring residents understand and comply with their tenancy conditions/lease and carry out intervention and enforcement actions where appropriate. This includes dealing with hoarding/property neglect, unauthorised alterations, access issues, tenancy fraud/non occupancy and overcrowding.
• Organise resident participation activities in conjunction with the Resident Involvement Officer, delivering excellent and inclusive resident engagement and using the most appropriate methods to engage. Listen to residents' views, consult with, inform and involve them in the management of their homes and the areas where they live to develop meaningful, respectful, and collaborative relationships.
• Effectively manage complaints so residents feel heard, issues are resolved, the service improves, and we provide a first-time fix where possible.
• Develop robust partnerships with Local Authorities and other statutory and 3rd party agencies to ensure resident needs are fulfilled and that neighbourhood and community issues are managed collaboratively.
• Identify and support initiatives to reduce anti-social behaviour (ASB) and carry out settling in visits and tenancy review visits as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience working in a public sector or commercial setting, managing neighbourhoods, tenancies and communities and undertaking enforcement actions.
• Experience of leading, involving residents and managing an estate or neighbourhood.
• Experience engaging with residents, offering creative solutions and ensuring residents' voices are heard.
• An excellent communicator (verbal and written).
• A self-motivated team player with a strong sense of integrity.
• Ability to foster effective relationships, internally and externally and be passionate about service delivery.
• Ability to use initiative, problem solve and respond proactively to issues and concerns.
• IT literate, in particular Office 365 and housing management software with the ability to analyse data.
• Knowledge of housing and associated legislation including health and safety and welfare reform.
• Experience of working with a diverse customer base and addressing individual needs.
• Experience of dealing with complaints and finding innovative solutions.
• Experience managing low-level and complex ASB cases.
• Experience investigating and recovering properties subject to tenancy fraud.

Additional Information

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

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