Welfare & Benefits Officer

The Guinness Partnership; Oldham; Hybride; GBP 21 000 - 27 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

DBS check paid by employer

Résumé du poste

The Guinness Partnership in Oldham is seeking a Customer Support Officer to help residents sustain tenancies and maximise income. This full-time, permanent role offers a 35-hour week with a hybrid working arrangement.

You will provide tailored tenancy support, advise on benefits, manage finances, and collaborate with internal teams, local authorities and support agencies to improve resident wellbeing and independence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working closely with residents in the housing sector.
• Proven knowledge of current welfare and housing benefits.
• Experience and success of cross agency working to deliver positive results.
• Proven ability to communicate complex information to colleagues and residents.
• Proven ability to advocate on behalf of the company and/or residents when dealing with local authorities.
• Good administration skills.
• Good oral and written communications.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Responsabilités

• Provide tailored tenancy sustainment support to residents.
• Help residents maximise income, access benefits, and manage finances to sustain tenancies.
• Collaborate with internal teams, local authorities and support agencies.
• Promote independence and improve resident wellbeing.

Connaissances

Residential support

Benefits knowledge

Cross-agency work

Communication skills

Advocacy

Administration

Oral & written communication

MS Office

Guinness Behaviours

Outils

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

About the role

We are delighted to offer a new opportunity for a Customer Support Officer to join the Guinness team in Oldham.

Job Description

About the role

We are delighted to offer a new opportunity for a Customer Support Officer to join the Guinness team in Oldham.

This full-time, permanent role offers a 35-hour working week and a hybrid working arrangement, giving you the flexibility to balance office and home working.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who canprovide tailored tenancy sustainment support to residents, helping them maximise income, access benefits, manage finances and maintain successful tenancies. Working closely with internal teams, local authorities and support agencies, you will offer expert advice, promote independence and provide help to improve resident wellbeing.

You will also be able to demonstrate these essential skills

Essential

• Proven experience of working closely with residents in the housing sector.
• Proven knowledge of current welfare and housing benefits.
• Experience and success of cross agency working to deliver positive results in a collaborative manner.
• Proven ability to communicate complex information to colleagues and residents sufficiently to aid their understanding and actions.
• Proven ability to advocate on behalf of the company and/or residents when dealing with local authorities and other benefit agencies.
• Good administration skills.
• Good oral and written communications.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable

• Up to date knowledge of new initiatives in the housing sector.
• Experience of providing cross-cutting services in the voluntary or statutory sector.
• Knowledge of current thinking in the sustaining tenancies field.

A basic DBS check is required, which will be paid for by The Guinness Partnership.

If you are interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

Interviews for this role will take place at our Bower House, 1 Stable Street, Oldham, OL97LH office on Tuesday 20 th , Wednesday 21 st and Thursday 22 nd October.

About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.