Senior Enabling Officer

Full Time, 12 Months Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Enabling Officer to join Bristol City Council's Housing Delivery Service, to drive the delivery of affordable homes in the City.

Bristol has significant housing challenges, with over 22,000 households on the Council's housing register and 1,700 households in temporary accommodation. It is also a city with great opportunities for housing and economic growth, featuring Europe’s largest regeneration scheme at Bristol Temple Quarter, while focusing on the delivery of small sites and specialist supported housing provision.

This role is integral to securing the delivery of affordable homes to meet and maximise the opportunities the city has to offer.

The Enabling Service supports a range of housing solutions to implement the

• Play a key part in ensuring that affordable housing is developed and delivered in line with the Council’s Core Values and priorities.
• Have an understanding of the external issues that impact affordable housing delivery, from a local, regional and national policy perspective, and how they may affect delivery in the City.
• Demonstrate knowledge or insight about the delivery of affordable housing, funding sources and the importance of working with our Registered Provider and other Provider partners to secure delivery.
• Have good communication and negotiation skills and be able to work with other service areas across the Council and a range of organisations; be comfortable working with elected Members or other senior colleagues to ensure the best housing delivery outcomes for Bristol.
• Report to an Enabling Manager and work with Enabling Officers within the team, offering advice and support to them.
• Possess experience in a Register Provider development role or be currently fulfilling an Enabling role in a local authority.

At Bristol City Council we go the extra mile for our people, offering a fast‑moving and supportive working environment that encourages skill use and development within a high‑profile organisation. For most roles, hybrid arrangements are available, enabling teams to balance service needs and personal choice between home and office. You will receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working, flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and a generous annual leave allowance.

Working with us means contributing to a better future for Bristol.

To be shortlisted for interview you must demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information Section of your application. When applications are high in number we may also shortlist against desirable criteria, so please demonstrate how you meet these in your application.

• For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
• For employees on a fixed‑term contract, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed‑term period to ensure a substantive post to return to.
• If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency working with Bristol City Council, this post will be a fixed‑term contract.

We are a Disability Confident employer, valuing the recruitment and retention of disabled people. Applicants who consider themselves disabled and meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and ongoing workplace support.

Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing 26th January 2026.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

At Bristol City Council we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community, and appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to ensure fairness to all applicants.