The Opportunity: We are seeking a proactive and empathetic interim Income Manager for a Social Housing provider based at a head office in Leicester. This is a hybrid post with 2-3 days a week in the office. There is an opportunity for this role to get permanent. The primary focus of this role is to support customers in sustaining their tenancies through a customer-focused approach, fostering a culture of early intervention and arrears prevention while robustly managing rent, service charge, and lease fee income. Key Income Manager duties: * Manage a portfolio of arrears cases to ensure debt is consistently reducing across a variety of tenure types. * Handle end-to-end arrears enforcement by issuing legal notices, preparing court documentation, and representing the organisation in court to request appropriate orders. * Lead on the annual rent and service charge setting process, communicating all adjustments clearly to superior landlords, tenants, and benefit departments. * Proactively engage with Housing Benefit departments and the DWP (Universal Credit) to resolve complex claim issues and ensure payments are assessed efficiently. * Support Housing Officers with data collection and allocate incoming cash payments directly to debt via the finance system. * Produce comprehensive monthly and quarterly arrears, rental income, and void income reports for senior leadersh...