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TRI Consulting Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Housing Association is seeking a Senior Housing Officer on a temporary basis for about three months. The role focuses on delivering empathetic, resident-centered housing management, including regular home visits and timely issue resolution.

This position works with tenants in their communities to sustain tenancies and maintain safe, well-managed homes. The role is 100% based in the office and on-site, with pay rates of £23.07 PAYE per hour or umbrella rate £30.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience in housing management or social housing is desirable.
• Ability to communicate empathetically with residents.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide responsive housing management to residents and resolve issues.
• Maintain regular contact with residents via meetings and updates.
• Coordinate with customer service and asset teams to support tenancies.
• Manage void properties and ensure lettings procedures are followed.
• Support safeguarding and liaise with external authorities as needed.
• Oversee debts and service charges, ensuring accurate accounting.
• Oversee void properties to the standard required and issue work orders for repairs
• Follow lettings procedures with a clear audit trail
• Identify support needs and partner with the right organisations at tenancy start
• Process landlord repair requests via Workwise and ensure resident satisfaction
• Authorize work orders within budget and coordinate with Asset Management for complex repairs
• Handle income collection and debt management to keep service charges transparent
• Set service charges with input from the central service team and meet residents’ needs
• Meet residents in their homes to understand future needs and arrange required repairs
• Role is 100% office-based with on-site activities
• This role pays £23.07 PAYE umbrella rate £30.50

Job description

A Housing Association is currently looking for a Senior Housing Officer on a temporary basis for about three months

Key responsibilities as follows

Responsible and accountable to residents for providing an excellent, empathetic and personal housing management service

This includes regular communication and meetings with each resident at home, and being responsible for ensuring that any issues they have raised are resolved appropriately

Achieve this by working creatively on your own as well as part of a wider team, including but not exclusively, the customer service centre and the Asset’s team

You will be connected to tenants - in their communities ensuring residents are offered the right support to maintain their tenancies, be happy in their homes and get on with their lives.

Always keep your promise to tenants by getting back to them within agreed timescales and tasks. Ensure we keep residents safe by following safeguarding procedures and working closely with external statutory authorities.

Responsible for ensuring tenancies are managed effectively, tackling unacceptable behaviour in an open and constructive manner.

Work alongside residents to ensure we offer the right support to sustain tenancies.

Manage void properties to be ready to let to our "void standard" as quickly as possible including specifying work orders on standard voids.

Always follow the lettings procedure ensuring an effective audit trail.

Identify support needs and effective partners to support tenants as the start of their tenancy. Repairs

Manage landlord repair requests through Workwise ensuring work is completed to the residents’ satisfaction.

Responsible for authorising work orders to budget.

Work with Asset Management colleagues to resolve complex repairs in a timely manner. Income Collection and debt management

Complete all actions required in Workwise weekly to ensure effective rent and service charge collection and debt management.

Account for services accurately to ensure service charges are transparent and fair to residents

Set service charges with support from the central service team Visiting

Arrange to meet residents in their home to understand their needs and desires for the future. Identify any repairs needed in the property and order these as well as record

This role is 100% based in the office and out on site

This roles pays £23.07 PAYE umbrella rate £30.50