Birmingham City Council
Accommodation Finding Officer
Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover)
Grade 4 – £33,366 – £40,476
Consultation grade – subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Are you looking for a challenging role where you can make a difference?
In a city facing unprecedented financial challenges, Birmingham City Council is seeking a dynamic individual who can demonstrate the expertise, determination, and unwavering resilience required to work within the Accommodation Finding Team securing alternative private rented accommodation.
Birmingham City Council is the largest local authority social landlord in Europe, with a stock profile of just under 60,000 properties. The Housing Solutions Service is the front door for citizens at risk of homelessness and those in housing crisis. Our overarching strategic priority is to reduce temporary accommodation usage and move people on to secure accommodation.
Due to the limited supply of affordable housing in the city, the Accommodation Finding Team work with private landlords by offering them a range of incentives to encourage them to work with us to provide suitable private rented accommodation for households faced with homelessness.
The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of maximising the growth of Private Rented Sector properties and alternative housing solutions by building on networks and developing exceptional relationships with Private Landlords, Housing Associations, and other housing providers
Key attributes for this role are:
• Support the service to successfully and actively secure suitable housing solutions for homeless or at risk of homeless households. Ensure outcomes are delivered in compliance with statutory requirements and agreed service standards
• Proactively support the service to research and test the market to seek out new opportunities for alternative housing supply
• Work with the PRS Service to ensure landlords continue to provide good standard and suitable PRS homes.
• Experience of developing effective relationships and working in partnership with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Good experience of working in a sales/marketing or business development role.
• Knowledge of relevant Private Rented Sector, Homelessness and Housing legislation.
• Possess strong negotiation skills to secure suitable accommodation solutions for homeless households
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
For any informal enquires please contact: Janet Woodley, janet.woodley@birmingham.gov.uk
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Job Description and Person Specification
We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.
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