Housing Development Officer
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Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Place
Housing and Homelessness
Strategy Commissioning and Service Improvement
Housing Development Officer
Waverley Court
Salary: 33287 - 39129
Hours: 36 per week
We have an exciting opportunity for a Housing Development officer to join the Housing and Homeless commissioning and contracts team.
The successful applicant will support our Commissioning and Contracts Officers to procure; contract manage and support process development and payment of several suppliers and providers working to deliver the outputs and objectives of key strategic plans such as City of Edinburgh Councils Local Housing Strategy and Rapid Rehousing transition plan. The post holder is crucial to support deliver the key objectives of the service and prevent homelessness in Edinburgh.
You will have the opportunity to work with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams to find the best solution through local and national contracting agreements to deliver for our front-line services. A large part of the successful applicants workplan will be focused on supporting the Housing contracts team to embed new processes and procedures in relation to invoicing and payments for our contractors and providers. The successful candidate may also be expected to support their peers in the delivery of the service workplan in relation to capital works repairs and homelessness commissioned service delivery
We are looking for candidates who can be innovative in their approach and have a desire to assist and support providers to meet the needs of our council tenants and landlords whilst meeting the statutory requirements of the Council. The successful candidate will have the relevant qualification(s) have knowledge or ability to learn end to end contract management processes and procedures.
The successful candidate would be suited to the role with a good understanding of contract administration public sector business support or experience of banking and payments services. You should be confident in working with colleagues from our procurement and finance teams and will have the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers and providers if needed.
If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities and are interested in working in a fast-paced environment supporting front line services and promoting best practice we would love to hear from you. We would strong encourage any interested applicant to contact the hiring manager in advance to seek further understanding of the day-to-day role.
You must also have strong skills demonstrating our behaviours respect integrity and flexibility as well as experience of maintaining and contributing to a high performing culture driving change and supporting service delivery.
If you have any questions or want to find out more about the role please contact
Were committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued included and able to be their best at work and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values beliefs experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh we want to make sure that were bringing the best people into our roles not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this were changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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Responsibilities
Experience
Experience within a housing or other similar service environment of comparable scope size and complexity. Delivering or supporting front line services to deliver excellent customer services. Supporting programmes and projects and an understanding of your contribution to effective teamwork.
Knowledge and skills
Excellent analytical and research skills and the ability to interpret and communicate complex policy legislation regulation and data. Ability to write think speak and present clearly and succinctly and to understand the importance of communication in long term planning. Negotiating skill and experience of securing the cooperation and contribution of partners and colleagues to the delivery of services. Strong verbal and numerical reasoning skills.
Qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional and management development.
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
About Company
THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL About Us: Are you keen to shape the future of Scotland’s capital city? The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to work with us and deliver key services across our capital city. We’re the second largest local aut ... View more
