Prevention & Assessment Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is 51356 (Level one) rising to 54495 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location:Housing Solutions Loxley House Station Street NG2 3NG

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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 Council here.

About the Role

The post holder will be a lead manager within the Councils Housing Solutions service responsible for ensuring that a high quality housing advice service is provided to Nottingham citizens. You will manage the Prevention & Assessment Team leading on homelessness prevention and housing advice services and will ensure the delivery homelessness and housing support needs assessments and the discharge of the Citys homelessness assessment duties under the Housing Act 1996 Part 7 (as amended)

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience as a service leader in a complex organisation with experience of managing multi-functional teams to deliver against outcomes creating clear objectives and creating a culture of continuous improvement
• An ability to develop a culture of collaboration with evidence of successfully fostering / harnessing partnerships across different sectors
• An ability to lead service through change with experience of leading change programmes and identifying and delivering innovative service delivery models
• Experience of developing people and services/teams recognise respect and value individual needs to achieve a culture of inclusivity.
• Comprehensive and up to date working knowledge and understanding of homelessness legislation & homelessness prevention initiatives
• Effective budget management through an understanding of the principles of financial management including preparation monitoring and best value

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here.

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 the additional informationfor applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Debbie Richards Assistant Director Housing Solutions by email at

Closing Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026

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.

Interviews will be held:TBC

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