Community Housing Officer, Broxburn Housing Office, 456.55 – WEL06051 Full Time

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The closing date for this post is provisionally set at 3 July 2022.  West Lothian Council reserve the right to close this post early depending on applicant response levels

We are keen to employ a diverse workforce that reflects the people of Scotland. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly from groups currently under-represented, including people with disabilities, those from minority ethnic communities or from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds

An opportunity has arisen within West Lothian Council Housing, Customer & Building Services for a dynamic, self-motivated and enthusiastic Housing Officer to join our team.  You should be organised, performance driven and have the key skills that will enable you to provide an excellent generic housing management service to our customers and partners.

You will be responsible and accountable for the implementation of all Housing Management policies and procedures and ensure compliance with current legislation, regulation and good practice.

You should be able to communicate well at all levels and have a working knowledge of providing assistance to tenants and their families who have complex needs who are experiencing difficulties in sustaining their tenancy for a variety of reasons.

You should be able to co-ordinate service delivery to ensure that multi-functional services are delivered in accordance with council policy and to meet the needs of tenants and their communities.

You must be educated to Chartered Institute of Housing Level 4 or equivalent and have recent relevant frontline Housing Management experience.

The successful candidate will have access to West Lothian Council’s Pool Car Scheme in order to undertake approved business travel.