Housing Officer

at  Metropolitan Thames Valley

PERMANENT FULL TIME - SALARY: £40,915 BASED ON A 37.5HR WEEK

MTVH are recruiting are recruiting for a skilled and experienced Local Housing Manager to be predominantly office based and out on the patch, you will manage and coordinate excellent housing and estate services within a defined geographical patch. The patch primarily consists of the The Moorlands Estate in Brixton, South London, however, the patch includes surrounding properties stretching to central Brixton. You will be accountable, customer facing and representative of MTVH across all tenures including rented, shared ownership and leasehold customers, although you will be responsible for our rented customers only. Co-ordination of internal and external services to meet the diverse needs of our customers, delivering services that meet individual and local needs to a high standard is essential. Participation in local initiatives to support the community with their initiatives is necessary and may involve weekend work but this is not common. You will seek continuous improvement with a view to providing an excellent service to residents.
You will be required to manage our relationship with the Local Authority and other Housing Association partners. You will be the point of contact for customers with respect to complaints, estate services, tenancy management, tenancy enforcement and lettings management.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Essential car user
• Experience of working in a social housing setting is essential
• Whilst good working knowledge of housing practice, housing law and the principles of service charge management is essential, to really succeed it will be your values and passion that will set you apart.
• At MTVH our values of care, dare and collaborate run through all that we do, we’re looking for people who can demonstrate these behaviours every day of the week.
• At a time of continuing change, you should be able to demonstrate the ability to adapt and be flexible
• Ability to collaborate, network and be a strong team player
• Experience of dealing with customers from different backgrounds, presenting with complex or challenging needs is essential
• Experience of excellent administration skills & analysing customer feedback to achieve service improvements
• Attention to detail and accuracy in writing, reporting and numeracy
• Experience of dealing with customers face to face and responding to customer enquiries on the phone and in writing
• Ability to self-manage a varied and demanding workload, prioritising and organising too
• A self-starter who isn’t afraid of challenge, shows innovation, initiative, empathy & passion
• The ability to manage and report on projects against agreed targets
• Must possess excellent office management skills, managing inboxes, keys etc
• Must be willing to work flexible hours as required

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