Senior Tenancy Officer

Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association (ISHA)
London United Kingdom
Housing
Hybrid
Company Description ytrfryt PositionJob Title:Senior Tenancy OfficerHours: 35 hours (full time)Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DRContract: PermanentApplication ProcessPlease apply with your CV and a covering letter telling us: -(a) After reading the job description and person spec, why you feel you are a great fit, and how your experience matches the skills and requirements of the role?(b) About one challenge (ideally work related) that you’ve had, how you managed it, and what did you learn?(c) A challenging housing management problem that you resolved against the odds.(d) When completing multiple tasks with competing deadlines, how do you prioritise?(e) anything else you want us to know about you.Please note: We can only able to accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK.Deadline: 9:00am on Tuesday 21 May 2024Interview: Monday 27 May 2024 in person at 102 Blackstock Road.RequirementsRequirementsWe are looking for a confident, people-focused individual with great interpersonal skills for this busy Senior Tenancy Officer role.This is a new role and an exciting opportunity for an experienced Housing Management professional to join our team of Tenancy and Customer Service Officers.You will bring your knowledge and experience of providing a generic housing management service with a focus on dealing with anti-social behaviour and all other forms of tenancy management. You will be required to train, develop and motivate 2 customer service advisors responsible for supporting the Tenancy team which includes Outreach & Support and Specialist Housing Officers.You will work closely with the Housing Manager to develop the service through improved policies and processes while helping to support and achieve our organisational objectives.Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:Management and delivery of wide range of housing management casework to include the preparation and representation of ISHA in court action.Recruitment, training, and continuous development of 2 Customer Services Advisors (Tenancy).Research and drafting of policies and procedures to support the housing management service.Deputise for the Housing ManagerYouWe are seeking a proactive and committed individual with strong interpersonal skills who can provide an efficient and customer-focused service to our residents and colleagues. This is a busy and varied role, so we’re looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, who can adapt to a fast-paced working environment while ensuring they deliver a service to residents that enables them to flourish in their homes and communities.You don’t need to have manged staff before, but you will need an awareness of the employer’s responsibilities and good practice in staff management. You should have experience of delivering a housing management service from the start of a tenancy through to the end and everything in between (excluding income recovery). This role would suit an experienced, high performing Housing Officer seeking your next step on your career path.You need to be flexible, proactive, and enthusiastic, and have excellent communication and influencing skills. A great sense of humour will serve you in good stead working in our busy, fast paced office.Other informationAbout ISHAWe are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we’ll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for own our people.Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do apply.We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme (up to 10% employer matched contributions and a death in service benefit), 29 days annual leave (increasing after five years’ service), eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits (see attached). We have an evolving wellbeing offer, that is being developed following employee feedback, and we will invest in your professional development with on-going training and career development opportunities.Inclusion and DiversityWe want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.Asking for adjustmentsISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 0300 131 7300, at #####
or via post to 102 Blackstock Road, London, N4 2DR.This role is based at our Head Office but there is some flexibility to work in a hybrid way if preferred.
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