At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage rent accounts, ensure compliance, and support improvement projects in housing.
- Company: Join a dynamic housing organisation focused on community impact.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible work options, and potential for permanent position.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and professional development.
- Why this job: Make a difference in affordable housing while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in housing roles and advanced Excel skills required.
We're looking for a Rent Officer.
Sector: Housing
Location: N1
The Role at a Glance:
- Job Overview:
- Location: London N1
- Duration: Initially 6 months (2 days, Monday and Wednesday (dependent on business need) in the office and 3 from home)
- Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (35 hours per week)
- Payrate: £24.55 PAYE - £32.46 Umbrella
- Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with the regulators' economic rent standard through robust and rigorous application of regulatory and statutory rent levels and annual rent reviews.
- Ensure all relevant elements of the role are delivered in line with Rent and lettings policies.
- Administer the setting up of rent accounts and enable residents to pay rent from the outset of their tenancy through the creation of bar-codes.
- Implementation of the annual rent review, rent budget and rent statement process through giving administrative support.
- Provide support on improvement projects which relate to the automation or improvement of systems or processes in relation to rents.
- Carry out cyclical data validation checks advising on coding errors and procedural risks.
- Manage regulatory and non-regulatory rent setting exceptions and exemptions according to relevant policies and contracts.
Qualification:
- Ideally would have come from a Rents housing role previously (knowledge of housing regulations etc).
- MUST have advanced experience with Excel i.e. formulas etc.
- Experience and knowledge of the affordable housing sector and the regulatory environment in which it operates including rent standard and applicable legislative principles.
- Excellent analytical skills with proven experience of working with complex data.
- Proficient numerical skills with proven experience of working with large volumes of data, from multiple sources and testing for accuracy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills; experience of preparing and delivering reports to Director level.
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Visio.
- Ability to utilise, interpret and report on monitoring tools to verify the accuracy compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Understand and support in the implementation/maintenance of legal and regulatory rules around rent setting.
- Effective IT skills including basic/intermediate MS Office skills.
Job Scope & Career Path:
This is a temporary to permanent position for the right candidate and will progress as the job and development moves forward.
Please click apply to register your interest or call our RGSetsquare London office.
Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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