Job Introduction
Our Sheltered Accommodation housing delivers homes for the people aged 55 and over. Our residents include people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health needs as well as people who have experienced homelessness. We strive to ensure that, regardless of need, our residents can lead their lives at home with dignity, in safety and in control.
This is a challenging and rewarding role. You will be adept at-risk management, have good judgement, strong interpersonal skills and a passion for excellent customer service.
The role is based in London Borough of Camden.
If this sounds like the challenge you are looking for, we would love to hear from you.
To apply for this role, you will need to provide your CV and supporting statement. Please note a supporting statement is not a cover letter. You will need to address the behaviours and essential criteria listed on the role profile and provide examples of how you demonstrate these skills. Please see the Role Profile for further details.
We are looking for examples of the following to be addressed in your statement:
- Experience of working in a similar setting, providing housing management for vulnerable or older individuals
- How you have dealt with challenging situations for the benefit of a resident
- Why you are the ideal candidate for this role
This role will require an enhanced DBS check, which will be requested in the event of you being offered the position as part of our pre-employment checking process.
Applications for this role close at midnight on 3rd October 2023, and the shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview on a date to be confirmed.
Main Responsibility
The Supported Housing Officer (SHO) delivers housing management services and being actively involved in organising activities for the residents. Your role will often include working in partnership with other agencies and advocating for residents, as well as setting clear expectations with residents, so they consistently have the information and assistance to sustain their tenancies.
You will be personally committed to delivering the highest quality housing management services, ensuring that our homes are well-managed, with minimised voids, maximised income, and above all offer positive environments for our residents.
Deliver a responsive onsite service, looking after communal facilities, first line housing management, organising activities for residents and delivering customer service of the highest standard. Overall, the role calls for a highly collaborative, service-minded, and proactive individual, keen on making a positive impact on residents' lives.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. You don’t need to have worked in housing before, you might just be starting out or you’ll be looking for a career change
What’s in it for me?
As part of our team, you will have access to professional qualifications and career opportunities across our Notting Hill Genesis business.
Benefits we offer:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
- Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
How to apply
- Applications close at 23:59 on 3rd October 2023 Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact our HR team via jobs@nhg.org.uk to discuss your requirements.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Enhanced check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
About the Company
Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 67,000 homes and employ around 1,500 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future. For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit: https://www.nhg.org.uk/about-us/
Our people
We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.
Our pledges
We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level. The pledge on ethnic diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.
We have under-representation of ethnically diverse colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage ethnically diverse candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.
We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation
To find out more about Diversity and inclusion at NHG, please visit our website.
