Housing Solutions Admin Officer

Temporary Housing Solutions Admin Officer

Reference no: K&C

Basic DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role.

The role will be Hybrid with a minimum of 3 days in the office. This could be up to 5 days depending on service demand.

Please do not apply for this role unless your CV meets the following general requirements:

1. You must be UK based and have the right to work in the UK.
2. For office based and hybrid roles, your commute to the place of work must be less than 1 hour.
3. This is a temporary role, initially 3 months. Please do not apply if you are seeking a permanent position.

Key Requirements:

1. Good understanding of central London housing issues and an understanding of access to social housing locally.
2. Awareness of issues and initiatives facing local authority housing. Knowledge of relevant Lettings, Homelessness and Housing Act legislation including security of tenure and private tenants' rights.
3. Experience of effective record keeping including electronically to a high standard.
4. Significant working knowledge of the Homelessness Legislation particularly the 2002 Homelessness Act.
5. Knowledge of the Homeless Reduction Act 2017 statutory duties in terms of Prevention, Relief and Homeless.
6. Experience of successfully working to performance targets and deadlines.
7. Legal competence part vi & part vii housing act 1996 as amended.
8. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Mosaic).

The successful candidate will support the team manager to actively prevent or relieve homelessness for customers that are threatened or homeless in a timely fashion and reduce the use of temporary accommodation used by the Council. This will include ensuring that up-to-date information is available and management of partnerships with key stakeholders and community are positively maintained.

Key responsibilities:

1. Assess, investigate and verify applications who would like to join the Housing Register under Part VI of the Housing Act 1996 and the Council's Allocations Scheme on an allocated casework basis.
2. Assess, interview and verify applicants who want to make an application under Part VII of the Housing Act (1996).
3. Determine what duty, if any, is owed to the household under the Homeless Reduction Act (2017) and the Housing Act (1996).
4. Ensure that the Council fulfils its responsibilities in line with the Councils' statutory duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and provide reliable data and information for the Council and the Department for Communities and Local Government on the outcome of customer journeys.