Housing advisor

It's an exciting time to be working in housing at Bath & North East Somerset. We are implementing an organisational change programme and have recently launched our Housing Plan 2025‑30 which sets out ambitious actions for housing over the next 5 years. We are now looking for an enthusiastic Housing Advisor to join our high performing Housing Options and Homelessness Team to make a real difference supporting families and individuals at risk of homelessness.

About the role: The postholder will work within the Housing Options & Homelessness Team to deliver a high‑quality service aimed at preventing and relieving homelessness. The team consists of 12 members of staff who provide housing advice and assistance, homelessness assessment and temporary accommodation where needed. B&NES is a high‑performing Council with relatively few households in temporary accommodation, reflecting the team's excellent work.

• Knowledge of housing and homelessness legislation and experience in providing frontline housing options or homelessness services.
• A degree and/or a relevant specialist housing qualification in Housing Advice or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills in all forms with the ability to influence, use empathy to understand complex situations.
• Be capable of performing efficiently and effectively in a high‑pressure, fast‑paced environment, handling challenging client behaviours with composure, integrity and effectiveness.

The role also requires excellent record keeping as well as IT skills. Experience of housing databases would be an advantage. You will need to have good communications skills.

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people. For more details please go to.