This Job posting is only open to Internal Applicants at Brent Council.
Salary range: £68,427- £76,588 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations in borough
An excellent offer…
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent's diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
The post is diverse, busy and rewarding, giving an opportunity to shape services and deliver excellent standards for residents across Brent in various accommodation portfolios. Managing the Housing Companies, i4B and First Wave, as well as Temporary Accommodation sites on behalf of Housing Needs, Supported Accommodation on behalf of Adult Social Care, and Brents Travellers Site, as well as working corporately to continually explore how the Housing Management Service can expand and support corporate savings while combatting the homelessness crisis.
The Person
You will be extremely organised and creative, with a passion for positive change, recruiting for values, and delivering for tenants, whilst being commercially aware and ambitious. You will be fully supported by peers across and beyond Housing, have opportunity to set up, report into and shape Boards, working with politicians, internal and external stakeholders and residents.
You will manage the service with autonomy, setting and delivering a vision that will see residents put first.
Closing date: Tuesday 16 September :59)
Interviews: Thursday 18 September 2025 Civic Centre in person
Please send a supporting statement detailing how you meet the person specification and what you will bring to the role. No more than 2 sides of A4.
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
This position is only open to current employees of Brent Council or Temporary Agency Workers currently working in Brent Council. External candidates are not permitted to apply for internal only roles. Forwarding 'internal only' roles to external candidates may lead to disciplinary action being taken.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here .
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including "non-visible" disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on
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