Housing Advice Officer
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Job Location:
Scunthorpe - UK
Yearly Salary:
GBP 25001 - 30000
Posted on:
30-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity within our Housing Advice Team for a Housing Advice Officer to join us on a one year contract to cover a period of maternity leave.
This is a key role within our Housing Advice & Homeless Prevention Service working directly with households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. You will deliver professional advice support and case management to ensure that every customer receives timely interventions and tailored solutions that help them secure and sustain suitable accommodation.
You will be responsible for assessing homelessness applications under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 developing Personalised Housing Plans and working collaboratively with customers and partners to prevent or relieve homelessness wherever possible. The role also involves partnership working with landlords support agencies and other services to achieve the best outcomes for our residents.
North Lincolnshire Council is committed to ending homelessness through early intervention prevention and partnership working. We believe everyone should have access to a safe and secure home and we are determined to make sure that anyone facing homelessness gets the right support at the right time to achieve the right outcome.
To be successful in this role you will need excellent communication and problem-solving skills along with a calm and empathetic approach when working with customers in challenging situations. You should be highly organised resilient and able to balance a varied caseload effectively. Knowledge of housing law homelessness legislation and welfare benefits would be an advantage though full training will be provided.
Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Previous applicants need not apply.
For an informal discussion please contact: Camella Moss on ().
The Council
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe well prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values equality of opportunity excellence integrity and self-responsibility in all that we do.
The Benefits
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Section 8
- Public Health
- Data Collection
- Ellucian
- Banking
- Fair Housing Regulations
- LIHTC
- Budgeting
- Economic Development
- Real Estate Law
- Logistics
- Statistical Analysis
