Housing Officer

Large Housing Association requires a Housing Officer to provide a personal holistic housing management service to residents.

Is this the next step in your career Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below.
Responsibilities:
Responsible and accountable to residents for providing an excellent, empathetic, and personal housing management service. This includes regular communication and meetings with each resident at home, and being responsible for ensuring that any issues they have raised are resolved appropriately.
Take ownership of your work and support residents to deliver a quality service
You will influence others and advocate effectively for your residents to get the job
done.
You will be connected to tenants – in their communities ensuring residents are offered the right support to maintain their tenancies, be happy in their homes and get on with their lives.
Responsible for ensuring tenancies are managed effectively, tackling unacceptable behaviour in an open and constructive manner.
Look for opportunities to continually improve the service and anticipate the needs of your customers
Assess prospective residents and establish a professional and trustworthy relationship with from the very start of the tenancy.
Manage void properties to be ready to let including specifying work orders on standard voids.
Manage landlord repair
Work with Asset Management colleagues to resolve complex repairs in a timely manner.
Complete all actions required to ensure effective rent and service charge collection and debt management.
Identify customer support needs and work with partners to make sure customers are safe in their homes.
Identify over-crowding or under occupation and work with your customer to help them move to a more suitable home.
Inspect the condition of each estate you manage every month and take necessary action to keep your estates and blocks clean and tidy as well as reporting any hazards or risks. xiskglj
Complete all FRA actions as directed.
Skills and experience:
Excellent communication skills and a commitment to providing the best possible customer experience
Previous experience working as a Housing Officer or general Social Housing experience