Housing Officer

Housing Officer (Wiltshire, Dorset & Somerset)

Location: South West

Salary: £36,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Full Time

It matters. So we're bringing it closer to home.

It matters. So they're bringing it closer to home.

Their customers have told them they want them to better understand their needs at a local level, and to be more visible in the communities they serve. They've listened.

That's why they're creating new roles, strengthening their local presence, and looking for people who want to be part of what comes next.

This is a varied, hands on role where no two days are the same. You'll be a visible and trusted presence in your communities - supporting customers, managing tenancies proactively, and working closely with partners to help people sustain their homes and live well.

They are looking for Housing Officers to cover the following patches in the South West - Wiltshire, Dorset & Somerset:

x1 - Cotswold; West Oxfordshire; Wiltshire

x1 - Wiltshire

x2 - Somerset

x2 - Dorset (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, New Forest)

What you'll be doing

You'll take ownership of a defined patch, acting as the key point of contact for residents and ensuring services are responsive, compliant, and customer focused. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the full tenancy lifecycle, from sign up through to end of tenancy
• Handling tenancy changes, mutual exchanges, and investigations into tenancy breaches or fraud
• Supporting lettings and voids activity to minimise rent loss and turnaround times
• Carrying out estate inspections and addressing neighbourhood and environmental issues
• Managing low level anti social behaviour, neighbour disputes, and supporting more complex cases
• Identifying and responding to vulnerability, safeguarding, hoarding, and non access cases
• Completing person centred fire risk assessments and monitoring health and safety issues
• Investigating complaints and learning from outcomes to improve services
• Working in partnership with local authorities and external agencies to support customers effectively

Throughout everything you do, you'll champion the organisation's Customer Promise - delivering services that are respectful, personalised, and trauma informed.

What we're looking for

• You'll bring experience of housing management or a similar customer facing role, along with the confidence to manage complex and sensitive situations professionally. You'll also have:
• Experience of tenancy, estate management, lettings or neighbourhood services within social housing
• Knowledge of housing legislation, including safeguarding, ASB and welfare reform
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work calmly under pressure
• A customer focused mindset, with a commitment to equality, inclusion and trauma informed practice
• Confidence using digital systems and data to manage cases and improve performance
• The ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and make sound day to day decisions

You'll also be comfortable working flexibly, including participating in an out of hours rota where required.

Why join them?

At the organisation, their customer promise is "We are proud to make things personal; if it matters to our customers, it matters to us."

This role is at the heart of how they build trust with their customers. If you're someone who takes pride in getting things right, supporting others, and making a difference through everyday interactions, they'd love to hear from you.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Discover the organisation :

The organisation is a leading housing provider. They manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across their portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Their mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

They're looking for like-minded people to join their team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody their values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people's lives.

They are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows them to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support their colleagues. They have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. They are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation their Menopause Friendly accreditation.

They reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

To Apply

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