Home Turf Letting Housing Officer

The Role

Please be advised that we reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants.

Job Title: Home Turf Lettings Housing Officer

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Based in Kingswood Bristol with some remote working

Salary: £30,102

Required to travel across Bristol, South Gloucester, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Somerset. Must be willing and legally able to drive and have use of a vehicle that is insured for business use.

The Role

DHI are recruiting a full time Housing Officer for our Home Turf Lettings team.

Home Turf Lettings is an award-winning not-for-profit social enterprise that specialises in letting private rented accommodation to tenants on low incomes and in housing need, including those who have been homeless or are threatened with homelessness.

In this role, you will work alongside a small team to deliver a good and safe standard of housing provision to tenants on behalf of landlords, across all of our housing portfolios.

We are looking for someone who can bring creativity and enthusiasm to a team that works hard to support each other, and to deliver an exceptional service to our tenants and supporting partners.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about providing an excellent service, enjoys working in a varied and demanding environment.

About You

You will have a background in property or housing management, ideally with knowledge of taking housing cases through the court system. You will be resilient, compassionate and supportive, with good organisational and problem solving skills. If this is you and you would like to work for an award winning social inclusion charity, then we would love to hear from you.

Our Values

How we do things is as important as what we do and our values inform our whole approach to our work and staff. Our values are:

Stimulation, self- direction, flexibility and zest for life.

What We Offer

Training to help you to do your job well, and a friendly and supportive workplace with a track record for promoting high performing staff.

As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, up to 31 days paid leave (service-related) , company pension scheme and Charity Worker Discounts.

Next Steps

If you’d like to know more about the role, please contact Donna Barnby on 07775 030922 to arrange an informal discussion.

How to apply

To apply for this role please complete the online application form by Friday 12th June. You can find the application form below.

All applicants are required to submit a statement that is part of the application form that should address the following questions in no more than 500 words.

1. State how you meet the requirements within the Person Specification

2. What do our core values mean to you in relation to this role

We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce. The form does not form part of the selection process. Please also tell us where you saw the post advertised.

Application Form

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