Social Housing Options Manager

Derby City Council; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 55 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

LGPS

Flexible working

Work-life balance

Green travel

Résumé du poste

Derby Homes, in Derby, is recruiting an experienced housing manager to lead the Homefinder Choice Based Lettings and Allocations service. You will oversee the housing register, assessment of applications, and ensure timely allocations in line with statutory duties.

The role involves balancing strategic oversight with operational delivery, developing policies, and working in partnership with Derby City Council and partners to improve services.

Description du poste

Organisation: Derby Homes

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Council House/London Road

Are you able to lead and motivate a team? Do you enjoy working in a busy fast paced environment? Are you great at working in partnership and delivering results across a range of priorities?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead a busy and fast paced housing team within Derby Homes. You will be responsible for the operational leadership and management of the Homefinder Choice Based Lettings service and Derby Homes Allocations service.

We are seeking an experienced housing manager to lead this team with responsibility for managing the housing register, the choice-based lettings system (Homefinder) and the allocation of social housing. The team are responsible for the timely assessment of housing applications, discharging the Council's various statutory housing duties and realizing our ambitions to support residents who need assistance to resolve their housing need.

The ideal candidate for this role will need to be a responsible and highly organised self-starter, balancing your time between the strategic, operational and project management elements of the role.

You should have a track record of achieving positive results through inter-agency partnerships and a commitment to service improvement.

You will be responsible for reviewing and updating allocations policy & procedure and developing strategy to ensure an efficient housing register and allocations service is delivered.

Knowledge and understanding of local and national strategy and legislation in relation to housing demand and allocation is required. A sound working knowledge of project management is desirable.

The ability to lead a team to ensure performance standards are met is necessary along with the drive and ambition to make a difference to the lives of our residents.

You will need to have an eye for detail and strong interpersonal and negotiation skills working closely with applicants to ensure an efficient housing register and allocations service is delivered.

Derby Homes has a national reputation for its excellent services which we know are down to our valued workforce. In return for their hard work we strive to be an employer of choice. We have a range of excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working, work life balance, local government pension scheme, employee health initiatives and green travel options.

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Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are also proud to have Derbyshire LGBT+ Rainbow Partnership Accreditation and encourage applications from candidates of all genders.

We are a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.

The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 15 th November 2026 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.

If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date. Interviews will be held week commencing 23 rd November 2026.