London Ending Homelessness Delivery Lead: Prevention

London Ending Homelessness Delivery Lead:
Prevention

4th Floor, 12 Arthur Street, London, EC4R 9AB

Contract Type:
Fixed Term

Contract Details:
Fixed Term Contract 9 months, or secondment

Responsible to:
Programme Director, Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme

Contract details:
Full time. Monday to Friday. 9:00 am to 5 pm. Hybrid working, some mandatory office days required. 9 month fixed-term contract or secondment for maternity leave cover.

London Councils operates in a hybrid working environment as an agile employer, working across its Strategic Directorates.

If you have any queries or would like to informally discuss the role, please contact Lorna Fraser, Programme Director, Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme at lorna.

• Interviews:
  Anticipated to take place during the week commencing 21 September

The London Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme
(EHAP) is led jointly by London Councils, London Housing Directors Group and the Greater London Authority. It was established with support from the Centre for Homelessness Impact in response to the escalating homelessness and temporary accommodation crisis, and recognition that London could achieve more by strengthening how we collaborate on shared priorities.

With a focus on strengthening leadership and capacity building, making best use of data and insight, and building our shared understanding of what works to prevent homelessness, the programme is working pan-London to drive progress on five strategic priorities:

• Building the capacity and knowledge to prevent homelessness
• Ending rough sleeping and preventing single homelessness
• Ensuring sufficient supported housing
  , and better resident experiences and outcomes
• Reducing the cost of and demand for temporary accommodation
• Making best use of
  data & insights

In addition, the programme provides additional capacity to support boroughs and local partners to work collaboratively across five sub-regions within London.

We are seeking a Prevention Delivery Lead who will lead implementation and support for the EHAP Prevention Plan of Action and Thematic Group.

Improving the prevention of homelessness and rough sleeping is a top priority for the programme. Hosted in London Councils, the postholder will work in a multi-organisational Delivery Unit with the Greater London Authority (GLA), London Housing Directors’ Group, London boroughs, and a range of key partners.

The post holder will play a leadership role in driving forward and coordinating the delivery of the Prevention Plan of Action and Thematic Group, providing expert policy and delivery support to drive a strategic shift towards prevention — reducing homelessness and rough sleeping across London.

Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.

We are seeking a candidate who has:

• Significant experience working in homelessness and rough sleeping.
• Excellent organisational skills and project management experience to manage a varied workload and competing priorities, and to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability and credibility to persuade and influence senior partners and stakeholders.

Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.

London Councils is the collective of London local government, the 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They come together through London Councils to work in collaboration to deliver their shared ambitions for London and Londoners.

Through lobbying, collaboration and partnership, we ensure the voice of the London boroughs are united, and heard at a local, regional and national level.

We also run a number of services on behalf of the boroughs including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard and Health Emergency Badge (HEB) and London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS).

The application process involves answering a small number of application questions aligned to the essential criteria for the role. All applications will be processed using a blind sifting method. This means that personal identifying details will be removed to ensure fair and unbiased shortlisting of…