Intensive Housing Management Officer

VRF 61794

Intensive Housing Management Officer

Birmingham, B1

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

£24,447.90 per annum

About the role

We’re looking for people to provide housing service provision and day-to-day housing management services for our lovely customers in Sheltered Accommodation. This includes working in partnership with both internal and external teams, to be accountable for monitoring and managing the service.

Key Responsibilities:

Daily monitoring of lease and service level agreements with partner agencies
Ensuring occupancy, rent collection and arrears targets are met through the lettings and refurbishment of properties
Providing practical housing assistance and information to customers when entering the service and throughout their involvement with the service.
Adhering and assisting in the management of schemes allocations procedure
Monitoring and meeting relevant health and safety standards in properties
Monitoring both the delivery of reactive repairs and planned maintenance across the properties, ensuring it is of a high standard and is cost effective
Promote and encourage a high level of customer involvement, consultation and communication relating to housing management policy formulation and service delivery
Undertaking day-to-day housing management duties, including the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness within service, preparations of rooms and site inspections
Monitoring and reducing issues of anti-social behaviour within services
Clearly communicating tenants’ responsibilities and tenancy compliance
Working with colleagues to maintain good link with the local neighbourhood
Effectively interpreting financial information relating to rents, charges, and contracts
 Producing accurate and timely reports utilising string IT skills and a good knowledge of Microsoft application

The benefits;

34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
Birthday leave
New Home leave
Life assurance (3 x salary)
Employee Assistance programme
Employee Wellbeing programme
Flexible Working options

About You

Experience of working with a wide range of vulnerable clients
Experience of keeping accurate and compliant records
Experience of housing management duties
Experience of liaison with agencies/partner organisations
Reliable and punctual
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Use of initiative
 Flexible
Creative
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills
High level of professional integrity
Person centre approach
Accurate
Methodical
Lone working

About Us

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than 750 staff, works with over 150 volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group has an annual turnover of more than £37m and owns assets close than £190m.

The Group consists of;

Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering person-centred care and support services. These services include supporting people within registered care, domiciliary care, people with learning difficulties, those with mental health needs, young people at risk, older people, BME groups, people at risk of being homeless, those seeking employability, education and training opportunities and those fleeing domestic abuse.

Trident offers their employees learning and development opportunities and wants to invest in their development and career growth. Through our apprenticeship scheme, we offer various courses in areas that will help support employees within their roles and for their further development.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a person-centred organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope.

By joining Trident Group, you will have the opportunity to join our Diverse Voices Steering Group to ensure Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion remains at the heart of everything we do. 

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
communicating and promoting vacancies
offering an interview to disabled people
anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

Applying

All applications must be accompanied with a current CV which will be used to assess your suitability for the role. Please ensure all the skills, experience and qualifications requested are clearly demonstrated in your CV as explained in the body of the advert.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS)