At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct visits to ensure temporary accommodation is safe and suitable for residents.
- Company: Join the Royal Borough of Greenwich, committed to community diversity and support.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience in housing while making a positive impact on people's lives.
- Other info: Mobile role with travel across London; driving licence required.
- Why this job: Be a key player in safeguarding residents and ensuring compliance in housing.
- Qualifications: Understanding of housing issues and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 33750 - 41250 £ per year.
Temporary Accommodation Visiting Officers X3
We are looking for a proactive and organised Temporary Accommodation Visiting Officer to help ensure our temporary accommodation is safe, suitable and properly occupied.
This is a field-based role involving scheduled and unannounced visits to properties across London and outside London.
You will verify occupancy, identify property and safeguarding concerns, investigate potential tenancy breaches and housing fraud, and ensure residents are complying with their licence or tenancy conditions.
Working independently, you will use your judgement and investigative skills to identify risks, gather evidence and recommend appropriate action.
About You
- An understanding of housing, homelessness and temporary accommodation.
- Knowledge of HHSRS, safeguarding and common property condition issues.
- The ability to identify potential housing fraud, non-occupation and breaches of licence or tenancy conditions.
- Confidence in carrying out scheduled and unannounced visits independently.
- The ability to assess risks, gather evidence and make sound recommendations.
- Strong communication, organisation and record-keeping skills.
- A commitment to providing a good service and supporting residents to access appropriate services.
- This is a mobile role requiring regular travel across London and to out-of-borough temporary accommodation placements.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential requirements for this role, as regular travel is required.
For an informal discussion please contact Natalie Ajibola : Natalie. Ajibola@royalgreenwich. gov. uk
Diversity Statement
Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this.
We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Advert Close
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Early Advert Close
Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).
How Applications are Scored
Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role.
Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification.
The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert.
When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification.
We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
Salary
Salaries advertised for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Our Staff Values
Our Staff Values are important to us.
Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process.
Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.
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Temporary Accommodation Visiting Officers employer: Royal Borough Of Greenwich
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Contact Details:
Royal Borough Of Greenwich Recruitment Team
