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Housing Officer (Sustainment)

£26,854.44 - £31,164.97 per annum

Folkestone, Kent

East Kent Housing

What does a Housing Officer do?

You will primarily be based in our Folkestone and Hythe office covering the Folkestone and Hythe and Dover areas although you may be asked to cover any of our areas should the need arise

The Housing Officer role within the Sustainment team is an opportunity to get out and about across the housing estates that we manage. Your purpose is working with our most vulnerable tenants to assist them in sustaining their tenancies.

Your workload will be varied and no two days are the same. You will come into contact with lots of different people, from our tenants, your wider team, other teams within East Kent Housing, our contractors, our Councils departments, and Statutory and voluntary agencies.

Your main duties will include contacting and visiting tenants in their homes to assess their support needs, making referrals for support, including Safeguarding referrals, co-ordinating and liaising with Statutory and Voluntary agencies, attending safeguarding and multi agencies meetings , visiting hoarded properties and drawing up action plans so that these homes are cleared, working with other teams within EKH such as our enforcement and tenancy teams.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who can take initiative, act with confidence, work under their own direction and who wants to make a difference to local communities. This role is for you if you can: - establish good relationships with our tenants especially our most vulnerable , build effective relationships with our partners and external agencies - use technology to achieve work objectives - write clearly, succinctly and accurately - keep to schedules - communicate with basic literacy (no formal qualifications are required).

What does East Kent Housing do?

East Kent Housing aims to make sure that everyone has a secure home they can afford. We manage over 17,000 properties for the four councils of East Kent (Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, and Thanet). We are responsible for the inspection, repair and maintenance of residents' homes, the collection of charges and rent, and we support our residents by providing advice services and responding to enquiries and issues affecting them and the communities that we serve. Our residents and our staff are really important to us and we work together to deliver the best service possible.

Why work for East Kent Housing?

At East Kent Housing we work together in a way which makes us feel valued and recognised for what we do, while always looking for ways to improve. With a wide variety of different roles across the organisation, there is plenty of scope for career growth and development. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer great benefits including agile/flexible working, annual leave of up to 30 days per year, generous employer pension contributions - and, of course, a great team to work with!

This post requires you to have a full driving licence and own transport or requires travelling to sites in a timely manner equivalent to motor travel in your own car.

Due to the nature of this role this position requires an Enhanced DBS.


How to apply

East Kent Housing has an exciting and bright future ahead. If you want to be part of our journey, visit https://www.eastkenthousing.org.uk/about-us/working-at-east-kent-housing/ to find out more about our current vacancy, read our job description, and to apply!

Closing date is midnight 30 July 2019

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