Neighbourhood Officer

Pendleton Together are a part of the Together Housing Group. We're a social landlord in Salford working to give everyone a safe, and comfortable place to live. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

 As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

We are looking for a Neighbourhood Officer to join the team here at Pendleton Together in this exciting role. This is an exciting prospect that involves the responsibility of overseeing the surrounding communities of Salford. This role is located in our Salford office. There are opportunities for flexible working to support a healthy work-life balance. This role is field based; you will balance your time between working on your designated patch, office and home.

Requirements

Outline of Key responsibilities for the Neighbourhood Officer. ...

• To be responsible for the monitoring of the level of vacant dwellings on schemes/estates and to ensure that properties are inspected and re-let with a minimum delay by following our lettings and void management policies and ensuring contract compliance
• You will provide advice and assistance to our residents on all housing matters so they can successfully maintain their tenancy. This includes information on legal rights, responsibilities of their tenancy agreement and managing any welfare and safeguarding concerns.
• You will be the point of contact for housing management services on a patch, including the enforcement of the Association's conditions of tenancy, particularly in relation to the condition of property and/or garden.
• To liaise with colleagues and other agencies over any specific customer problems relating to e.g. complaints, rent arrears, anti social behaviour or repair requests.

We are looking for someone who has...

• Full UK drivers licence and access to a car as the role is field based
• Experience and knowledge of housing/ lettings or ideally social housing
• Experience of working with a diverse range of customers and dealing with a variety of situations.
• Experienced in faced to face customer service
• Solution focused and experience in working with customers and stakeholders.
• An ability to manage confidential and personal information appropriately and sensitively.
• Personal resilience to deal with a fast paced, demanding role juggling a number of tasks at once

Benefits

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Neighbourhood Officer role...

• Salary of £29,582 per annum - Grade 6
• Annual pay scale increase
• 27 days holiday (rising to 32 over 5 years' service) + bank holidays
• Hybrid working
• You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday (occasional evening or weekend working depending on business needs). Working arrangements are flexible in line with our Smart Working culture so that we deliver an excellent and accessible service for customers.
• Wide range of technical, professional, and personal development training opportunities
• Attractive pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to GPs
• A range of financial and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice
• We have a range of staff support networks, including menopause, culturally diverse, LGBTQ+ and disability.
• To view the full range of our award winning benefits click on the Employee Benefits Link

THG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applicants are received. Therefore, please apply without delay!

Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form.

Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Basic Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.