Housing Assistant

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Job reference
REQ0882
Date posted
22/03/2022
Application closing date
13/04/2022
Location
Leeds
Salary
Grade 6 (£24,282 - £26,395)
Package
"Generous benefits package "
Contractual hours
36.5
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Housing
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Housing Assistant

Job description
PROGRESS HOUSING GROUP

JOB TITLE: Housing Assistant – Reside with Progress
GRADE: Grade 6 (£24,282 - £26,395)
LOCATION: Leeds/Home
CONTRACT: Permanent
HOURS: 36.25

ABOUT THE POST:

“A career at Reside with Progress is an opportunity to have a direct impact on the service provided for our community.”

We are offering a Full Time Permanent role for a Housing Assistant to work with Housing Officers and Housing Managers in the essential day to day administration within Supported Living. You will be part of a committed agile team providing effective housing management and specialised supported housing to tenants in the UK.

WHAT WILL THE RIGHT PERSON LOOK LIKE?

The person we are looking for will be passionate about delivering customer-focused services, with an understanding of the needs of our tenants and will share our company vision and values. This is an important and rewarding role within our Supported Living Team and the successful candidate must have excellent communication, administrative and organisational skills, lots of enthusiasm and a flexible approach to work, problem solving and the ability to use their own initiative.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

This role has a number of core objectives including: -

• Assist in the management of supported living properties
• Acting as a first point of contact for incoming calls into Reside with Progress from support agencies, tenants or their representatives
• Provide information requested by other teams such as Legal, Purchasing, Income Collection Team and Compliance
• Liaising with local authorities, service commissioners and support agencies as required
• Inputting and maintaining tenant and property records
• Administration work for supported living Housing Officers and Housing Managers
• Providing office cover at our Leeds office and ensure essential Health & Safety checks are carried out

You can look forward to:

• Competitive salaries offered and benchmarked regularly
• We support employee development and promote continuous learning
• 26 Days Annual Leave, with an additional 5 days after 5 years and a further 2 days after 10 years
• Birthday Leave – an additional day’s leave for you on or around your birthday
• Volunteering time - one day’s paid leave for volunteering activity
• Training and Development

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build on their career and work within a fast paced service.

Reside with Progress values equality and works to provide a fair and inclusive environment for a workforce that is as diverse as the communities it serves. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Association. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly welcome applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.

Additional Information

Application Closing Date: 13 April 2022
Interview Date: 25th* April 2022*

Job Type: Permanent