Team Leader Housing

We are seeking to appoint a number of Housing Team Leaders to lead key areas within our Homelessness and Supported Housing service.

• Housing Advice
• Community Prevention
• Adult Prevention
• Performance
• Private Rented Solutions
• Refugees

As a Housing Team Leader you will organise, lead and develop a team of frontline officers delivering critical housing and homelessness services across Sheffield. You will provide day‑to‑day leadership, ensuring high‑quality, customer‑focused services that prioritise early intervention and homelessness prevention, and maintain compliance with statutory duties and council policies.

• Lead and motivate teams in a fast‑paced, high‑impact environment
• Deliver service quality, consistency and strong customer outcomes
• Support staff development through coaching, mentoring and supervision
• Take accountability for performance, addressing challenges and driving improvement
• Work collaboratively with partners across the Council and wider system
• Drive service improvement, contribute to audits, respond to customer feedback and support ongoing transformation

• Experience managing or supervising teams in a busy, customer‑facing environment
• Strong knowledge of housing and homelessness legislation, including prevention duties
• Ability to manage performance, make sound decisions and deliver high‑quality outcomes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to build effective partnerships
• A strong customer focus and commitment to delivering accessible, inclusive services
• Motivation, coaching and development skills to enable staff to deliver their best

• Reduce homelessness and the need for temporary accommodation
• Strengthen early intervention and prevention approaches
• Deliver high‑quality, consistent and compliant services
• Work collaboratively with partners to achieve better outcomes

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve, encouraging applications from under‑represented groups and supporting flexible working arrangements.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.

• A competitive salary and generous annual leave
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
• A commitment to learning, development and career progression
• A supportive and inclusive working environment
• Equality of pay is extremely important to us