Housing Officer

We are seeking a Housing Officer to join our professional yet friendly team based in Bethnal Green, East London. The Housing Officer is key in delivering a housing tenancy service including income management, allocations and voids management, anti-social behavior, tenancy engagement to all our residents As part of your role, you will have a patch of around 250-300 properties. You will be expected to represent PRHA in court and external meetings and be a key point of liaison for our residents and community stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you will have proven experience and skills in the following areas:

• Housing management experience
• Experience of following through legal proceedings / transferable skills
• Arrears management (Housing Benefit & Universal Credit) financial inclusion and debt management experience.
• Knowledge of relevant housing legislation
• Excellent customer service skills, communication and time management and planning skills.
• Problem-solving skills and negotiation/influencing skills are also key for this post.
  
  PRHA is a great place to work - Our award-winning teams work together to improve the lives of our residents and make a real contribution to ending homelessness. As an IIP Gold standard employer, we value our staff and commit to develop their skills and support them in their important work.
  
  We offer our staff a generous benefits package, which includes:
• Pension Scheme - We offer a group stakeholder pension scheme with 3% employer's contribution, employee contribution is 5%
• Holidays - Employees receive up to 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with long service
• Medical - we provide a "Cash Back" Scheme for a range of services such as dental, physio, chiropody, health& wellbeing
• Training Programmes - We provide comprehensive training to our employees to enable them to grow in their career and achieve their professional aspirations.
• Season Ticket Loans - We offer interest-free season ticket loans after successful probation
• Life Assurance - Upon death whilst in service, a Death in Service payment may be made according to the scheme rules. The payment covers 3 times of the employee's annual salary.