Housing Allocations Team Manager

Housing Allocations Team Manager

Temporary Contract (26 Weeks)

Job Details

Client: Slough Borough Council

Service Area: Regeneration, Housing and Environment

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Start Date: 04 May 2026

Duration: 26 weeks

Working Pattern:Minimum 2 days in the office

Location

Office Base:

25 Windsor Road

Slough

Berkshire

SL1 2EJ

Pay

PAYE Rate:£258.72 per day

Job Overview

Slough Borough Council is seeking an experienced Housing Allocations Team Manager to lead a team of allocators and assessors responsible for maintaining the housing register and ensuring assessments are completed in line with Part VI of the Housing Act 1996 and the Council's housing allocations scheme.

This role will oversee the timely allocation of social housing through choice based lettings, act as the service's subject matter expert on housing allocations, and support policy, governance and systems change activity.

The successful candidate will bring strong technical allocations knowledge, team management experience and the ability to lead service improvement, policy updates and operational delivery in a busy housing environment.

Important - Please Read Carefully

This role requires strong housing allocations management experience, including expert knowledge of Part VI of the Housing Act 1996.

You must have experience managing a housing allocations or assessments team, working with choice based lettings, updating allocations schemes and making complex or exceptional assessment decisions.

Candidates without this level of housing allocations expertise are unlikely to be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of housing allocators and assessors
• Oversee the housing register and ensure assessments are completed correctly and on time
• Ensure allocations activity is compliant with Part VI of the Housing Act 1996 and the Council's allocations scheme
• Oversee the timely allocation of social housing through choice based lettings
• Act as the service's subject matter expert on housing allocations
• Update housing allocations schemes, including committee governance requirements
• Lead implementation of policy changes and related IT upgrades
• Manage nominations relationships with registered providers
• Make exceptional assessment decisions where required
• Lead on report writing, policy writing, performance management and service monitoring
• Support project work and service improvement across the allocations function

Essential Experience & Skills

• Strong experience managing a housing allocations team
• Expert knowledge of Part VI of the Housing Act 1996
• Experience maintaining and overseeing a housing register
• Experience working with choice based lettings
• Experience updating housing allocations schemes
• Experience supporting committee governance processes
• Experience implementing policy changes and service improvements
• Experience managing nominations relationships with registered providers
• Ability to make complex or exceptional assessment decisions
• Strong report writing and policy writing skills
• Strong performance management, monitoring and project management skills
• Good knowledge of housing systems

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