Housing Officer

Full time, 35 hours per week

About the Role

The Housing Officer works as part of a dispersed team delivering an inclusive mixed tenure (rented, shared ownership and full owners) neighbourhood management service to over 2500 homes of all tenures across the local authority areas of York, Leeds, Scarborough, Ryedale and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The role is central to JRHT’s commitment to achieving the highest professional standards in the delivery of our housing and tenancy management services to all our residents to maintain sustainable tenancies.

You will be responsible for managing stakeholder relationships. You will identify and implement positive solutions to all tenancy management and leasehold management enquires; building and developing strong empowered communities and neighbourhoods. Across your patch you will be responsible for ensuring income and empty homes targets are achieved.

About You
You should be passionate about social housing, people focussed, highly motivated, organised and a skilled and confident communicator.

Your experience in developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with a range of stakeholders will be key to being successful in the role.

A good working knowledge of service charges would be an advantage.

About Us
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty. The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) is a registered housing association and care provider in Yorkshire and the North East. JRF and JRHT are two important influencing organisations with an ambitious agenda for inspiring positive change in the UK in line with our vision of a prosperous and poverty free UK.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 4th July 2021

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 13th July 2021