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Are you passionate about bringing empty homes back to life and helping tackle Scotland’s housing emergency? Do you want to work for Scotland’s largest social landlord and make a real difference in communities?
We’re looking for a proactive, self‑motivated, Empty Homes Officer, to join the housing strategy team, to help bring empty homes back into use – providing much needed housing in North Lanarkshire.
Based within the Civic Centre, Motherwell, this is a key role in implementing our empty homes strategy and supporting national efforts to make best use of existing homes in meeting housing needs.
Key responsibilities
* Identifying and investigating empty properties
* Engaging with property owners, landlords and developers
* Developing and implementing our Empty Homes Strategy
* Offering advice and support to bring empty homes back into use
* Collecting data and reporting on progress made towards reducing empty homes
* Working with other council services, wider stakeholders and partners to increase awareness of empty homes support
* Identifying and implementing new approaches to tackling empty homes
* Working with Scotland’s Empty Homes Partnership to build a better understanding of empty homes issues across Scotland and to innovate and collaborate on any potential new solutions that can be implemented locally
Qualities & experience
You will be an excellent communicator and collaborator, with a problem‑solving mindset, with experience in housing, or a related field, and have the ability to manage casework and maintain accurate records. Sound knowledge of relevant housing policy and legislation is required, along with being able to manage your workload independently, which may involve multiple priorities whilst being able to meet deadlines.
Benefits
We offer the chance to make a real difference to people’s lives, by helping increase the supply of available homes, that provides the strong foundations for every other aspect of life. Benefits of working with the council include a generous annual leave entitlement, family friendly policies and a career average earnings pension scheme. Other advantages include a wide range of training and development opportunities and the chance to be involved in wider housing initiatives as part of the wider Local Housing Strategy.
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays, and a wide range of benefits available to you.
We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
Hybrid working arrangements
This role operates on a hybrid basis with a combination of home working, office attendance within Civic Centre, Motherwell and site visits/meetings.
Work pattern
17.5 hours per week – 08:45 – 16:45 (including a 55 minute unpaid break)
Friday: 08:45 – 16:15 (including a 50 minute unpaid break)
1st week – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
2nd week – Thursday, Friday
Other Employment Information
North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
Equality and Diversity
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
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