Local Authority Housing, Gypsy and Traveller Site Officer

Local Authority Housing, Gypsy and Traveller Site Officer, Bedford Pay rate to £31.77 per hour Contract role, Local Authority Housing Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Local Authority Housing Gypsy and Traveller Site Officer, in Bedford. You will need to have experience in a similar role in a Local Authority Housing Department. Overview:
The team manage the day-to-day operation of the Council’s two gypsy and traveller sites at Kempston Hardwick and Meadow Lane consisting of approximately 38 plots in total. Day to day activities are essential statutory functions responsible for include dealing with frequent repairs and maintenance requests, tenant behaviour issues, responding to reports of flytipping and other low level criminality, liaising with the Police and other enforcement teams, providing support to both tenants and the wider gypsy and traveller community to access services such as education, social services, health etc, administering the application and allocation of plots process and responding to reports of illegal encampments, undertaking welfare checks, preparing legal documents to facilitate eviction from council land and arranging necessary clearance of waste left behind.

Please get in touch for more information. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:

- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to An easy registration process (all done online) Referral schemes and incentives Ongoing compliance managed for you Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. Please contact Graham Leatham on or email for more information. We recruit across all areas of Housing, Public Sector, Planning and Local Government work.

If you are experienced in this sector, and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles.