Building Recruitment Company
Bristol, Somerset
Housing support housing management supported housing Housing & Compliance Officer Salary: £26,320 per annum (£31,155.54 per annum with 1x sleep in per week) Hours: 37.5hrs per week Mon-Fri 9-5 (Optional sleep-in shift per week) Contract: Temp to Perm Location: Bristol About the Role: We are looking for a proactive, organised, and compassionate Housing & Compliance Officer to join our team. You will play a key role in ensuring our properties are safe, compliant, well-managed, and provide a positive living environment for residents. Working closely with housing, maintenance, and care teams, you will deliver a high-quality housing management service, supporting tenants to sustain their tenancies while ensuring compliance with housing standards, health and safety requirements, and organisational policies. Key Responsibilities: Manage and maintain a portfolio of properties, ensuring homes are safe, suitable, and compliant with relevant legislation and health & safety standards. Carry out regular property inspections, including weekly checks, health and safety checks, and compliance monitoring. Support effective move-in and move-out processes, including sign-ups, occupancy agreements, property checks, and tenancy closures. Deliver a customer-focused housing management service, building positive relationships with residents and promoting engagement. Work alongside the Care Team to support tenancy sustainment, identifying barriers and ensuring appropriate support is in place. Manage tenancy-related issues including safeguarding concerns, anti-social behaviour, tenancy breaches, and resident queries. Monitor and manage rent and service charge accounts, taking appropriate action to reduce arrears and support residents to maintain payments. Develop and agree payment plans, undertake early intervention, and support enforcement processes where required. Assist residents with housing options, including mutual exchanges, private rented accommodation, and local authority housing pathways. Investigate and respond to reports of nuisance and anti-social behaviour, taking appropriate action to prevent escalation. Liaise with maintenance teams and contractors to ensure repairs, hazards, cleaning, and environmental issues are resolved promptly. Support the implementation and review of housing policies and procedures, including allocations, transfers, arrears, and ASB processes. Maintain accurate records, reports, and documentation in line with GDPR and organisational requirements. About You: You will be a resilient and compassionate housing professional with the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy environment. You will have excellent communication skills and be confident working with vulnerable residents, partner agencies, and internal teams. You will be: Organised, detail-focused, and able to manage your own workload effectively. Confident dealing with challenging situations while maintaining professionalism and empathy. Proactive, solution-focused, and committed to improving residents' outcomes. Able to build positive relationships with residents and support them to achieve independence. Essential Skills & Experience Previous experience within housing management, tenancy sustainment, supported housing, or a similar role. Understanding of tenancy agreements, landlord responsibilities, and housing legislation. Experience managing rent arrears, tenancy issues, ASB, and safeguarding concerns. Knowledge of welfare benefits, including Housing Benefit and related support. Experience working with vulnerable adults and multi-agency partners. Strong administrative skills with excellent attention to detail. Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate records. Full UK driving licence. Desirable Experience Experience working within supported housing or accommodation-based services. Knowledge of property compliance, inspections, and health & safety procedures. Experience working alongside social care, support teams, or statutory services. For more info, please contact Nathan Jackson on or apply now.
Housing support housing management supported housing Housing & Compliance Officer Salary: £26,320 per annum (£31,155.54 per annum with 1x sleep in per week) Hours: 37.5hrs per week Mon-Fri 9-5 (Optional sleep-in shift per week) Contract: Temp to Perm Location: Bristol About the Role: We are looking for a proactive, organised, and compassionate Housing & Compliance Officer to join our team. You will play a key role in ensuring our properties are safe, compliant, well-managed, and provide a positive living environment for residents. Working closely with housing, maintenance, and care teams, you will deliver a high-quality housing management service, supporting tenants to sustain their tenancies while ensuring compliance with housing standards, health and safety requirements, and organisational policies. Key Responsibilities: Manage and maintain a portfolio of properties, ensuring homes are safe, suitable, and compliant with relevant legislation and health & safety standards. Carry out regular property inspections, including weekly checks, health and safety checks, and compliance monitoring. Support effective move-in and move-out processes, including sign-ups, occupancy agreements, property checks, and tenancy closures. Deliver a customer-focused housing management service, building positive relationships with residents and promoting engagement. Work alongside the Care Team to support tenancy sustainment, identifying barriers and ensuring appropriate support is in place. Manage tenancy-related issues including safeguarding concerns, anti-social behaviour, tenancy breaches, and resident queries. Monitor and manage rent and service charge accounts, taking appropriate action to reduce arrears and support residents to maintain payments. Develop and agree payment plans, undertake early intervention, and support enforcement processes where required. Assist residents with housing options, including mutual exchanges, private rented accommodation, and local authority housing pathways. Investigate and respond to reports of nuisance and anti-social behaviour, taking appropriate action to prevent escalation. Liaise with maintenance teams and contractors to ensure repairs, hazards, cleaning, and environmental issues are resolved promptly. Support the implementation and review of housing policies and procedures, including allocations, transfers, arrears, and ASB processes. Maintain accurate records, reports, and documentation in line with GDPR and organisational requirements. About You: You will be a resilient and compassionate housing professional with the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy environment. You will have excellent communication skills and be confident working with vulnerable residents, partner agencies, and internal teams. You will be: Organised, detail-focused, and able to manage your own workload effectively. Confident dealing with challenging situations while maintaining professionalism and empathy. Proactive, solution-focused, and committed to improving residents' outcomes. Able to build positive relationships with residents and support them to achieve independence. Essential Skills & Experience Previous experience within housing management, tenancy sustainment, supported housing, or a similar role. Understanding of tenancy agreements, landlord responsibilities, and housing legislation. Experience managing rent arrears, tenancy issues, ASB, and safeguarding concerns. Knowledge of welfare benefits, including Housing Benefit and related support. Experience working with vulnerable adults and multi-agency partners. Strong administrative skills with excellent attention to detail. Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate records. Full UK driving licence. Desirable Experience Experience working within supported housing or accommodation-based services. Knowledge of property compliance, inspections, and health & safety procedures. Experience working alongside social care, support teams, or statutory services. For more info, please contact Nathan Jackson on or apply now.
Village Staff Limited
Allocations and Temporary Accommodation Service TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OFFICER To be accountable to the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer for the management of Temporary Accommodation, including Council, Registered Providers, Private Sector Leased and Emergency Overnight Accommodation. For the provision of a tenancy and support service to homeless households To undertake the sign-up of applicants being admitted to temporary accommodation and to act as a point of contact in resolving any issues that arise. MAIN DUTIES: To identify and report repairs within Temporary Accommodation units to Property Services staff and other landlords, ensuring that accommodation is maintained to the highest possible standard. To have responsibility for visiting households that have been assisted with temporary or other housing options and for advising them on: payment of charges, tenure conditions and security, utilities, reporting of repairs and provision of furnishings. To carry out regular visits to all temporary accommodation units, both within and outside the borough, to ensure that properties are being occupied and are being maintained to the appropriate standard. To arrange for the termination or withdrawal of a placement as required. To identify service users with support needs and refer them to appropriate support or resettlement services. To liaise closely with support services industry statutory agencies to ensure that the needs of vulnerable applicants are identified and assessed. To be aware of safeguarding (children s & adults) procedures and monitor, record and discuss any concerns with a manager / relevant agencies. Also take appropriate action when necessary, always in conjunction with a manager . To provide reports on casework as requested by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer. To ensure that comprehensive and accurate records are kept of all customer contacts and casework updating IT and/or manual systems as required. To ensure the effective collection of rent, charges and arrears and for taking appropriate action to ensure that loss of income is kept under control and that performance meets DHS targets. To offer advice and assistance to customers on a range of matters, including: allocations and choice based lettings, housing options, welfare and housing benefits, homelessness assessments, tenancy conditions and provision of support. To contact other internal and external agencies on their behalf as necessary. To liaise with Housing Benefits, Benefits Agency and employers in order to assist in the collection of rent and other charges. To be responsible for the verification of documents required by housing benefits to enable them to meet their statutory duty when assessing payments of benefit. To issue Notice to Quits and be responsible for taking appropriate legal action when necessary. To compile legal statements for court attendance and to represent the Council at proceedings. To have a good knowledge of court procedures. To coordinate all services required when obtaining possession of a property. To deal with breaches of conditions of tenancy including nuisance and racial harassment. To interview tenants, leaseholders and homeowners as necessary, determining remedial action, and dealing with complaints. To attend allocations interviews in order to advise customers of the conditions of tenancy, and to provide information for them on the property including provision of furniture and equipment and availability of local amenities and services. To ensure that the tenancy or licence agreement is completed and to input details of allocations onto computerised systems. To assist occupiers moving into permanent accommodation by advising on removal arrangements, social fund and other benefits. To arrange for accounts to come off charge, the collection of keys and for organising the renewal of door locks as necessary To assist in the identification of properties that could be used as temporary accommodation and the hand back of dwellings no longer required for use as temporary accommodation. To investigate cases of abandoned property, unauthorised occupation and sub-letting occurring in Council owned temporary accommodation, taking the appropriate action to resolve the problem. To respond to enquiries and complaints including from elected members and external agencies, ensuring that responses meet quality standards and are completed within performance target timescales. To assist in statistical monitoring, customer surveys, consultation activities or other exercises to increase the effectiveness of the service. To assist in the training and induction of staff as requested by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer. To attend training sessions, development, supervision and casework meetings as requested by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer. To have a working knowledge of legislation and policy in relation to homelessness, allocations and tenancy rights. To be responsible for the distribution of emergency cash payments in accordance with agreed procedures. As directed by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer, to undertake any other work appropriate to the level and general nature of the post s duties. To carry out all duties with due regard to the provision of health and safety regulations and legislation, the Councils Equal Opportunities and Customer Care policies, and the new technology Agreement. To participate in the Council s out of hour s standby rota, responding to homeless emergencies as well as problems that arise in temporary accommodation and supported housing projects. The standard hours of work for this post will total a minimum of 35 hours per week. Obligatory
Allocations and Temporary Accommodation Service TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OFFICER To be accountable to the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer for the management of Temporary Accommodation, including Council, Registered Providers, Private Sector Leased and Emergency Overnight Accommodation. For the provision of a tenancy and support service to homeless households To undertake the sign-up of applicants being admitted to temporary accommodation and to act as a point of contact in resolving any issues that arise. MAIN DUTIES: To identify and report repairs within Temporary Accommodation units to Property Services staff and other landlords, ensuring that accommodation is maintained to the highest possible standard. To have responsibility for visiting households that have been assisted with temporary or other housing options and for advising them on: payment of charges, tenure conditions and security, utilities, reporting of repairs and provision of furnishings. To carry out regular visits to all temporary accommodation units, both within and outside the borough, to ensure that properties are being occupied and are being maintained to the appropriate standard. To arrange for the termination or withdrawal of a placement as required. To identify service users with support needs and refer them to appropriate support or resettlement services. To liaise closely with support services industry statutory agencies to ensure that the needs of vulnerable applicants are identified and assessed. To be aware of safeguarding (children s & adults) procedures and monitor, record and discuss any concerns with a manager / relevant agencies. Also take appropriate action when necessary, always in conjunction with a manager . To provide reports on casework as requested by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer. To ensure that comprehensive and accurate records are kept of all customer contacts and casework updating IT and/or manual systems as required. To ensure the effective collection of rent, charges and arrears and for taking appropriate action to ensure that loss of income is kept under control and that performance meets DHS targets. To offer advice and assistance to customers on a range of matters, including: allocations and choice based lettings, housing options, welfare and housing benefits, homelessness assessments, tenancy conditions and provision of support. To contact other internal and external agencies on their behalf as necessary. To liaise with Housing Benefits, Benefits Agency and employers in order to assist in the collection of rent and other charges. To be responsible for the verification of documents required by housing benefits to enable them to meet their statutory duty when assessing payments of benefit. To issue Notice to Quits and be responsible for taking appropriate legal action when necessary. To compile legal statements for court attendance and to represent the Council at proceedings. To have a good knowledge of court procedures. To coordinate all services required when obtaining possession of a property. To deal with breaches of conditions of tenancy including nuisance and racial harassment. To interview tenants, leaseholders and homeowners as necessary, determining remedial action, and dealing with complaints. To attend allocations interviews in order to advise customers of the conditions of tenancy, and to provide information for them on the property including provision of furniture and equipment and availability of local amenities and services. To ensure that the tenancy or licence agreement is completed and to input details of allocations onto computerised systems. To assist occupiers moving into permanent accommodation by advising on removal arrangements, social fund and other benefits. To arrange for accounts to come off charge, the collection of keys and for organising the renewal of door locks as necessary To assist in the identification of properties that could be used as temporary accommodation and the hand back of dwellings no longer required for use as temporary accommodation. To investigate cases of abandoned property, unauthorised occupation and sub-letting occurring in Council owned temporary accommodation, taking the appropriate action to resolve the problem. To respond to enquiries and complaints including from elected members and external agencies, ensuring that responses meet quality standards and are completed within performance target timescales. To assist in statistical monitoring, customer surveys, consultation activities or other exercises to increase the effectiveness of the service. To assist in the training and induction of staff as requested by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer. To attend training sessions, development, supervision and casework meetings as requested by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer. To have a working knowledge of legislation and policy in relation to homelessness, allocations and tenancy rights. To be responsible for the distribution of emergency cash payments in accordance with agreed procedures. As directed by the Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer, to undertake any other work appropriate to the level and general nature of the post s duties. To carry out all duties with due regard to the provision of health and safety regulations and legislation, the Councils Equal Opportunities and Customer Care policies, and the new technology Agreement. To participate in the Council s out of hour s standby rota, responding to homeless emergencies as well as problems that arise in temporary accommodation and supported housing projects. The standard hours of work for this post will total a minimum of 35 hours per week. Obligatory