About the Role
You will be responsible for maximisation of income collection and arrears reduction on a patch of up to 1000 residential council properties. You will be assisting tenants in financial difficulty and signposting them to support services to help them sustain their tenancy.
Where preventative action fails, you will be required to take appropriate recovery steps and possible legal action to recover the debt.
The role requires regular monitoring of rent accounts to detect and prevent arrears in accordance with the pre-action protocol and the councils arrears recovery procedure.
Ideally, we are looking for someone with previous experience in the social housing sector but would consider applicants with the ability to demonstrate experience within a similar income/debt collection role or front line customer facing service.
We need skilled and effective communicators and confident negotiators who are able to liaise with a variety of stakeholders in order to deliver challenging rent collection targets.
We are willing to grow our own talent for those that have strong customer service skills and experience in a customer-facing role, with potential, an eagerness to learn, and an interest in pursuing a career in rent recovery in local government.
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