Part Time Tenancy Sustainment Officer [Perm: Surrey]

DescriptionAn exciting opportunity has emerged for a Part Time Tenancy Sustainment Officer to join the housing department at one of Adecco's most improved public sector clients in Surrey
The salary is £14,063 plus £480 car allowance per annum.
Based in Epsom in Surrey but offering hybrid working, this is a part time role [14 hours per week] and a car driver/owner is essential [so that you can carry out visits at residents' homes]
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that our client is fully prepared to respond to the challenges posed by welfare reform by providing a comprehensive and up to date benefits advice service, promoting financial and digital inclusion, improving opportunity for employment, education and training and promoting the environmental agenda.
Reporting into the Income Recovery Manager, you will improve the prospects of our client's customers by ensuring they are socially included and best prepared for the future.
Other key elements of the role include:
* Ensuring income maximisation for customers through the take up of benefit and general debt advice
* Improving the financial confidence of customers including budgeting and money management skills
* Providing a comprehensive welfare benefits and general financial support service to customers
* Leading on financial inclusion campaigns and the development of appropriate financial services
* Maximising rent collection by having frank discussions with current tenants and making repayment arrangements
* Pursuing former tenant debts and where absolutely necessary recommend debts for write off
* Ensuring any debts that accrue as a result of a recharge are repaid or referred to the debt collection agency
* Increasing customers access to digital services
* Promoting comprehensive employment advice services to customers
* Providing basic energy advice to help combat fuel poverty
* Working with colleagues across the organisation to support, maintain and sustain tenancies
A good knowledge of welfare benefits and the reforms as well as excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to explain complex information to a variety of audiences is key for this role.
Only applicants who feel they meet the above criteria [candidates will ideally come from a public sector housing background but this is not essential], and can interview in person in Epsom on Thursday 3rd August 2023 need apply
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£14,543
Epsom, Surrey
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