Job Opportunity – Community Housing Assistant Hours : 18.5 hours per week Salary: Grade 7 £30,559 - £33,366 pro rata Dudley MBC is seeking to appoint a full time Community Housing Assistant. This is an is exciting and challenging front-line role providing administrative support to a team of Community Housing Officers. The Purpose of the role is: To support the delivery of a community focussed Tenancy and Estates Management Service, highly visible to tenants, residents and other stakeholders. To assist Community Housing Officers in managing specified patches within a defined geographical area, closely working with other housing teams, statutory and other agencies to create safe and welcoming estates that are fit for the future. To assist and carry out the direct provision of administrative duties for Community Housing as required The successful applicant will have experience in an operational housing role and be able to demonstrate a history of providing excellent customer service. The role is patch based and you will be required to carry out visits in tenants homes. A basic DBS check will be required For an informal discussion please contact Lisa Watson, Community Housing Team Manager on 01384 812434 So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application. Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK. Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK. If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/ If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at https://www.dudley.gov.uk/privacy-disclaimer-statement/ N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications LI-DMBC2019 Attached documents Community Housing Assistant JD.doc Community Housing Assistant PS.docx Benefits List