Home Ownership Specialist in Birmingham

To deliver a high-quality, customer-focused home ownership service managing a portfolio of shared ownership and leasehold residents and homes. The role includes Right to Buy/Right to Acquire, Rent & Service charge account management, Shared Ownership resales and staircasing administration, lease extensions and other leasehold administration. Support consultation for major works and repairs, issuing invoices where necessary and estimates for service charges.

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage a portfolio of shared ownership and leasehold properties, acting as the main point of contact for residents, including handling service charge disputes, lease breaches, ASB involving shared owners, and general enquiries.
• Ensure compliance with leasehold legislation and maintain accurate and up-to-date records.
• Carry out routine visits to home ownership schemes and estates, liaising closely with the Estates Services team to assess environmental standards, report and resolve communal maintenance issues, and support continuous improvement of shared spaces to enhance the overall resident experience.
• Issue annual service charge estimates and statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legislation.
• Lead and coordinate Section 20 consultation processes, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements, regulatory obligations, and prescribed timescales, whilst maintaining accurate records, managing stakeholder communications, and supporting the delivery of major works and service charge recovery programmes.
• Liaise with Housing Benefit, DWP, and partner agencies to resolve claims and secure income.
• Work with shared owners, leaseholders, and the Customer Engagement Team to ensure residents can influence services and participate in decision-making relating to their homes and communities.
• Support the Income Services Manager in preparing board-level and senior-management performance information.

Who we’re looking for:

• 3+ years working in social housing specifically home ownership, RTB/RTA Shared ownership resales.
• Experience working in a high–volume, fast–paced environment.
• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Relevant professional qualification in housing (CIH level desirable).
• Strong understanding of Home Ownership products including resales and income recovery.
• Confident using spreadsheets, CRM systems, and Microsoft applications.
• Knowledge of legislation and regulatory requirements relating to home ownership management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Why join us?

This is not just a ‘job’ this is the feeling of knowing that you are part of something bigger and being able to go home each day with job satisfaction and pride in what is achieved by Trident Group every day. Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide. To deliver against our purpose we will be: Trustworthy, Collaborative, Accountable, People Focused, Caring in all we do.

The benefits:

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• A day off for your birthday.
• 4 days off when you move home.
• Life assurance (3 x salary).
• Employee Assistance programme & wellbeing programme.
• Flexible Working options.
• Learning & Development opportunities.

Who we are:

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than 650 staff, works with volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group consists of Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance, and Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering trauma informed care and support services.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a trauma informed organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies, offering an interview to disabled people, anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required, and supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK. As an organisation we do not offer visa sponsorships. Only applicants with existing right to work in the UK will be considered. Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS). We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.