Housing Project Officer

Local Government South East; Andover (MA); Hybrid; USD 50,152 - 54,776; Full time

Job summary

Test Valley Borough Council is seeking a Housing Project Officer to deliver multiple projects to improve service delivery across the Housing department. The role involves research and analysis on housing policy changes and gathering customer and stakeholder feedback to inform policy recommendations.

You will work with teams across housing to prevent homelessness, while contributing to a supportive and proactive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Research and analyse changes to housing policy and legislation.
• Gather customer and stakeholder feedback to inform service changes.
• Experience in statutory homelessness settings and delivering projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple housing projects to improve service delivery.
• Research and analyse housing policy changes and legislation.
• Collaborate with housing service teams to prevent homelessness.
• Provide recommendations based on stakeholder feedback.

Skills

Research

Policy analysis

Project delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Customer focus

Job description

• Full Time
• Andover
• Posted 3 days ago
• £37,649.52- £41,121.00 £ / Year
• Closes: 24 August 2026

Housing Project Officer

Website Test Valley Borough Council

37 hours per week - 12-month Fixed Term

Grade 7: Salary range £37,649.52- £41,121.00 per annum

This is a great time to join Test Valley's forward thinking and proactive Housing team.

We are looking for someone to join us as a Housing Project Officer; this role will deliver on multiples projects to improve service delivery across the Housing department.

You will carry out research and analysis on changes to housing policy and legislation, as well as local priority areas and make recommendations for local policy changes. You will gain insight through the gathering of customer and stakeholder feedback to inform your recommendations for service change.

You will work closely with all other teams within the housing service whose primary focus is to prevent and relieve homelessness.

We are looking for people who are dynamic, customer focused and who thrive in a busy and demanding environment. You will have experience of working in a statutory homelessness setting as well as proven history of project delivery.

Test Valley is a great place to work, it is a place for everyone, we support our communities, and our staff, to thrive. We pride ourselves on our open and friendly culture and offer a professional positive and stable working environment. Our organisations values are reflected in the way we work with our communities, partners and staff.

The role will be office based in Andover and offers flexibility to allow for some home working.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunities for all and believe that employing people from different backgrounds, with a range of perspectives and experiences, helps us to deliver high quality services to residents.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer who positively encourages applications from disabled people. If, as a disabled person, you meet the minimum criteria for a job then you will be guaranteed an interview, and we will ensure any reasonable adjustments are made to the interview process so that you can be fairly assessed for the vacancy.

Closing date for applications is midday on Monday 24th August. Interviews will be Friday 4th September 2026.