The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The role:
The Housing Solutions Manager provides strategic leadership with managing homelessness demand in partnership with a range of stakeholders, multi-disciplinary leads and other interested parties.
It requires an in-depth knowledge of homelessness legislation and a passion for providing quality customer services often to some of the most vulnerable residents in the borough.
About you:
You will have the ability to strategically co-ordinate and integrate the housing options and homelessness process for the benefit of customers by promoting channel shift and digital case management to promote new ways of working in light of Covid 19 and ensuring the service is Fit for the Future.
You will display leadership expertise to drive change and prevent and relieve homelessness through a range of skills such as visionary thinking, relationship-building, budget management, exploring new pathways and executing decisions with an evidence-based approach.
Additional details
Internal only. We will only consider applications from internal candidates that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
The role is being offered as a fixed term contract/ secondment for 9 months, with the possibility of being extended.
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Monday 27th June 2022 at 23:59
Shortlisting date: 29th June 2022
Interview date: 4th July 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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