Overview
Housing Advice and Options Manager – NN15 7QX
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
We are looking for a committed and experienced Housing Advice and Options Manager to lead our housing advice and options service across North Northamptonshire.
This is a key leadership role within our Housing Solutions Service, responsible for delivering high-quality services that support people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. You will play a vital role in shaping and improving housing outcomes for some of our most vulnerable residents.
About you
- You will have a degree or relevant housing qualification (CIH membership desirable).
- Strong knowledge of homelessness legislation and housing services.
- Proven experience in managing teams, budgets, and service performance.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- A commitment to partnership working and continuous improvement.
- You must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
- This role includes participation in the Housing Service’s out-of-hours on-call rota.
- This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details including the essential and desirable criteria for this role.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Emma Forbes, Head of Housing Solutions on 07825 627009.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
