Role: Housing First Project Lead
Contract Type: Fixed term/secondment until 31stMarch 2026
Working Hours: 37
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker - the post holder would be expected to be out visiting tenants and properties on a daily basis.
Salary: Grade H - £39,513 - £42,708 per annum
Location:Highwood House, NG3 4HD
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for a talented individual to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for? Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
- You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Councilhere.
About The Role
As the Housing First Project Lead, you will provide a proactive, dedicated and intensive end-to-end casework management service to Housing First and Housing Led tenancies. These initiatives are where tenancies are allocated to individuals with multiple and complex needs who have histories of rough sleeping and cyclical homelessness and for whom the traditional supported accommodation system has not worked.
Youll be responsible for the casework management of these tenancies and ensuring properties are suitable for the individual, drawing up Housing Management plans to prescribe how needs are to be met and robustly managing anti-social behaviour.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Knowledge and understanding of the legal and statutory framework relating to housing services and anti-social behaviour.
- Ability to make accurate and timely decisions while remaining calm under pressure and to maintain control of challenging situations.
- A proven ability to positively represent the service by developing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external agencies.
- Knowledge of Housing Benefit, Universal Credit and other welfare benefits in addition to working knowledge of legal procedures relating to rent arrears and other debt recovery.
- Must be able to react and respond positively to change, be flexible and be prepared to work outside normal office hours according to the needs of the service and willing to work from other office locations as required.
- Self-motivated and resilient with the ability to work proactively with minimum supervision.
You Can Find The Job Description For This Posthere.
Please ensure you demonstrate clearly how you meet the 6 requirements in your CV & supporting document.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on theadditional informationfor applicants page.
Closing Date: 18th May 2025 (midnight)
Interview date: 2nd June 2025 - please note, this is subject to change
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering17.9%
- Smart Working to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender + community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and wed like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
