Housing Business Partner in Brighton

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with a Learning Disability and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us that they want “good support from kind and friendly people” – so that is what we are looking for!

Acting as the housing finance business partner, you will work within a busy supported housing department managing day-to-day income and expenditure and liaising with the finance department on budgets and ledger management. This role is heavily focused on rent and service charge setting, rent statements, liaising with welfare benefits teams and being the lead contact point for the internal housing & estates team.

You will be the lead person to deal with finance within a supported housing setting. You will be responsible for setting rents, managing tenant debt, providing finance support with repairs and maintenance projects. You will also work directly with internal and external stakeholders providing reports and finance statements to support the service and the people we house. You will work with the Housing director and Head of Housing & Estates as the lead for comms with local authorities and welfare benefit departments. You will need to have strong clear communication skills and the ability to work alone on financial documents.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• One paid celebration day a year
• Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous refer-a-friend scheme
• One paid volunteering day a year
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Enhanced death in service
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities
• Electric Vehicle Scheme

We are also:

• Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader
• Accredited as an Investors in People employer
• Real Living Wage Employer

Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.

Please apply by filling in an application form or alternatively by sending a CV and cover letter to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. You can also apply by completing an accessible application form, downloading this and emailing this to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. Please state clearly which job you are applying for and the location when emailing recruitment.