Housing Needs Partnerships and Strategy Officer

We are seeking an enthusiastic and collaborative Housing Needs Partnerships and Strategy Officer to play a central role in shaping and improving our Housing Needs service. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development, review, and continuous improvement of key strategies, policies, and processes that support households facing homelessness or housing instability.

A key focus of the role is building and strengthening partnerships. You will work closely with internal teams, external agencies, and people with lived experience to ensure our approaches are person centred, evidence based, and aligned with best practice. You will lead Equality Impact Assessments and support the delivery of a positive, inclusive culture across the service.

The role involves analysing service data and feedback to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement. You will contribute to service reviews, transformation projects, and audits, helping drive continuous improvement. Supporting workforce development is also central, including coordinating staff engagement initiatives and helping deliver policy briefings and workshops.

Join our dynamic and dedicated Housing team, where every day brings new opportunities to make a real difference. We’re a large, supportive service working across homelessness prevention, housing advice, the housing register, temporary accommodation, and rough sleeping. Our work is varied, fast paced, and truly meaningful - no two days are ever the same. We pride ourselves on offering compassionate, high quality support to residents while driving positive change within our community.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, influencing, and analytical skills, alongside strong stakeholder engagement experience. A detailed understanding of housing legislation, homelessness drivers, and the wider support system is essential. Experience in policy development - particularly within a housing or public sector environment - is also required. If you are passionate about partnership working, improving outcomes for vulnerable residents, and driving meaningful service change, we would love to hear from you.

We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme. Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes. Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata). Access to car lease scheme. Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances. Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings. Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth. Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day. Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network. Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk; we will work with you to meet your needs. Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there’s no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.