Housing Officer - North East Locality Office

Housing Officer – Temporary Accommodation

North East Locality Office

Salary: £33,287 - £39,129

Hours:

36 per week, 52 weeks

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Housing Officer position in The City of Edinburgh Council’s Temporary Accommodation Service, within Housing and Homelessness.

• Improve the quality of life of our customers
• Provide a range of housing management services, information, assessment and advice services to tenants, homeless people and other customers
• Coordinate other housing and support services to support customers and ensure effective delivery of housing and homelessness services
• Work to legislative and good practice requirements in collaboration with statutory services and partner organisations
• Display resilience and take ownership of tasks, keeping up to date with current legislation and changes
• Put customers first and respond sensitively to their needs, many of whom may face significant challenges

• Regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007
• Preferred candidate to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check; otherwise must provide an updated check if spent continuous period 3 months or more out of the UK in last 5 years
• Required to provide an Overseas Criminal Record Check
• Unconditional offer of employment and commencement subject to satisfactory outcome of pre‑employment checks
• Commitment to diversity and inclusive workforce; particularly encouraging women for senior roles and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled and care‑experienced applicants, etc.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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