About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
The Role
Southwark’s private rented sector is increasing in size year on year and a growing number of tenants and landlords require advice and support to ensure their rights and responsibilities are observed and protected. Southwark is committed to building resilience within and raising standards across the private rented sector and preventing homelessness wherever possible.
Many tenants need urgent support and intervention against potential offences of harassment and illegal eviction. To ensure we continue to provide an innovative and high profile homeless prevention service, we are seeking a dynamic Private Rented Sector Prevention Housing Solutions Officer to join our team.
The successful candidate will be collaborative, knowledgeable in landlord and tenant law and have the skills to effectively mediate and resolve tenancy problems through desk based work and visits. You will possess excellent problem solving skills to deliver results in a fast paced and often pressurised work environment.
About You
You must have experience in working in homelessness and delivering a front-line service with a can do attitude. You must have experience of meeting performance targets and communicating detailed technical and legal information so that it is easily understood by service users and staff. If that sounds like you then we would like to hear from you.
Additional details
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
We encourage any internal staff to to gain agreement from their substantive line manager if considering this is as a secondment opportunity.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Advert Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 26/06/2024
Interview Date: 03/07/2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
SWCINT
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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