Housing officer jobs

Looking for an opportunity to join a friendly team and use your skills as a Housing Officer?

We are looking for new colleagues to join our Housing team in London and Hertfordshire, to make sure our customers receive a professional and high quality service.

In this busy role you'll use your knowledge and skills to resolve a range of housing management challenges including anti-social behaviour, housing and neighbourhood issues, contract related breaches or changes, fraud and safeguarding.

You'll manage your own caseload and build effective working relationships with external agencies.

As a Housing Officer at SNG you'll make a big difference to people's lives within an experienced, supportive and supported team.

What you'll need:

• The ability to proactively manage a complex caseload
• Strong communication skills with previous experience of working with customers in a demanding environment.
• Experience in providing an Excellent customer service, contributing to us achieving a 90% customer satisfaction rate
• Previous experience, or a knowledge of delivering housing management services
• Experience of using computer systems, for example Microsoft Office
• The ability to establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all work colleagues, contractors and partnering agencies

What you need to know:

• You will be joining our team in London based in the Wembley office
• You'll be covering our properties in West London, East London, Central London and Hertfordshire
• The role is permanent, and you'll be working full time (37 hours a week)
• As you will out be visiting our customers you'll need a full UK driving licence and a car

If you are a looking for a demanding and interesting new role where you'll work collaboratively to make a real difference to our communities, we would like to hear from you.

Main Duties:

· Housing Management, ensuring sign ups to tenancies, licencing agreements, taking payments etc.

· Carry out regular occupancy checks such as managing health and safety and ensuring correct occupancy numbers.

· Develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships.

· Attend appointments with clients where appropriate.

· Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health and initiate appropriate interventions to prevent a crisis.

· Regularly review action plans and risk assessments in line with Hope’s policies and practice.

· Various administrative tasks.

Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position.

What we are looking for:

· Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, ex-offenders, people with mental health issues,  substance misuse issues and challenging behaviours.

· IT Proficiency, ability to learn new software programs, basic Microsoft experience.

· Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex needs.

· Able to influence and negotiate positive outcomes with others.

Hope is committed to safeguarding adults and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £59.10) must be met by the successful applicant.

Job Title: Specialist Housing Officer
Hours: Part-time, 26 hours per week
Work Pattern: Tuesday – Thursday 9am - 5pm, Friday 9am -2pm
Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DR
Salary: £35,760 per annum, FTE (£26,565 per annum for 26 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent

Come and join us as a part time Specialist Housing Officer.

About the role

• Lead on the day to day housing management of Extra Care Housing and an Older Adult Scheme ensuring residents receive high quality housing and support services that promote their wellbeing.
• Build positive relationships with residents, care providers and partner agencies to create a safe inclusive and supportive environment.
• Carry out tenancy management and wellbeing checks and respond proactively to changing needs.
• Coordination of activities alongside resident involvement colleagues to encourage social participation among residents.
• Ensure that the health and safety measures are conducted in line with regulations and the schemes are managed in line with safeguarding.

About you

• Ability to provide support to older and vulnerable adults with compassion.
• Have a professional approach and able to maintain positive relationships through your excellent communication skills.
• Work effectively using strong organisational skills to deal with competing priorities.
• Solution focussed and able to work independently as well as making contributions within the wider team.
• Passionate about culture and collaboration.

About ISHA

At ISHA, community and neighbourhood mean everything to us, and our roots run deep in the areas of North London that we serve. Founded over 90 years ago, we provide around 2,500 homes for over 5,000 people across Islington, Hackney and Waltham Forest. We are proud to remain a community-based housing association with a strong social purpose and an ambitious future.

Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.

We are ambitious about the future while remaining grounded in our communities and values. We are looking for a Housing Officer who shares our commitment to continuous improvement, resident focus and creating an inclusive and supportive culture for colleagues and residents alike.

Why join ISHA?

• A genuinely community-based and values-led organisation
• Strong social purpose and commitment to affordable housing
• New corporate strategy and clear organisational ambition with a commitment to growth in our heartlands
• Opportunity to shape finance, technology and organisational improvement
• Flexible and supportive working culture with hybrid working arrangements
• Competitive pension and benefits package

We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them?

If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do submit a completed application

Inclusion and Diversity

We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.

Deadline: 09:00 on 06 July 2026
Interview: Week Commencing 13 July 2026

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Once you have landed on our website, you will need to do the following in order to apply for this role:

Application Process

When you submit your final application with your CV and a covering letter tell us:

(a) After reading the job description and person spec, describe how you will be motivated to deliver, and how your experience matches the skills and requirements of the role?

(b) About one challenge that you’ve had managing the safety of the tenants or dealing with their tenancy issues within a supported environment, how you managed it, and what did you learn?

(c) What you love most about working in Tenancy Services.

(d) When completing multiple tasks with competing deadlines, how do you prioritise?

(e) Anything else you want us to know about you

Maximum of 250 words per answer, please.

Please note: We can only be able to accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK. We do not offer a visa sponsorship programme.

Applications sent without a covering letter will not be accepted.

Asking for adjustments

ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, you will be able to contact us.

No agencies please.

Housing Interventions Officer - Custody Based - HMP Parc

Location: Bridgend

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

About The Role

Are you a positive, solutions-focused professional with a passion for preventing homelessness and reducing reoffending?

If you’re driven by supporting meaningful change for people involved in the criminal justice system, this could be the ideal role for you.

As a Housing Interventions Officer, you’ll be based primarily at HMP Parc, working side-by-side with Probation resettlement colleagues and directly with men in custody and on release. Occasional travel to HMP Cardiff, Swansea, Usk or Prescoed may be required depending on service need.

You’ll deliver housing-focused interventions that prevent homelessness, improve access to accommodation and support successful resettlement into the community.

What you’ll be doing

• Deliver 1-to-1 housing advice and interventions within the prison environment
• Complete holistic housing needs assessments and develop clear, structured action plans
• Prevent homelessness by securing and sustaining suitable accommodation
• Source private rented accommodation (HMOs, shared housing, studios and 1-beds)
• Liaise with landlords and agents, including negotiating rent and tenancy terms
• Ensure properties meet legal, health & safety and Rent Smart Wales requirements
• Work closely with Prison, Probation and housing partners to manage risk and achieve targets
• Encourage engagement with Forward Connect and other appropriate support services

What we’re looking for

• Good knowledge of housing and welfare benefits systems
• Experience providing housing and welfare advice
• Experience assessing housing and wider support needs
• Ability to develop support plans to help people sustain tenancies
• Understanding of homelessness, abstinence-based recovery and complex needs
• Experience supporting people facing multiple disadvantage

If you’re motivated, resilient and committed to reducing reoffending through stable housing, we’d love to hear from you.

All probation-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 6-8 weeks to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.

Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - 

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

A collaborative and tenant focused Housing provider in London is looking to take on a Rent Recovery Officer in their welcoming team environment.  They believe in affordable, good quality houses and are committed to making a difference to their customers and communities in the local area.

They are looking to bring someone in for a minimum of 6 months with the high likelihood it is extended further.  The candidate will manage their patch of properties and are responsible for maximising rental income whilst providing great customer support.

Responsibilities:

• Lead on rent accounts and be the point of contact for tenants for queries
• Maximise income recovery through intervention
• Follow landlord approved escalation processes and procedures
• Hit personal and team KPI’s and help with the take-up of Universal Credit

Requirements:

• Knowledge of income management and relevant housing legislation
• Understanding of welfare benefits and use of financial records and IT systems
• Strong customer service and working well in a team environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders

If you are looking for your next role and are experienced in Rental Income Recovery, please apply ASAP.

A collaborative and tenant focused Housing provider in London is looking to take on a Rent Recovery Officer in their welcoming team environment.  They believe in affordable, good quality houses and are committed to making a difference to their customers and communities in the local area.

They are looking to bring someone in for a minimum of 6 months with the high likelihood it is extended further.  The candidate will manage their patch of properties and are responsible for maximising rental income whilst providing great customer support.

Responsibilities:

• Lead on rent accounts and be the point of contact for tenants for queries
• Maximise income recovery through intervention
• Follow landlord approved escalation processes and procedures
• Hit personal and team KPI’s and help with the take-up of Universal Credit

Requirements:

• Knowledge of income management and relevant housing legislation
• Understanding of welfare benefits and use of financial records and IT systems
• Strong customer service and working well in a team environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders

If you are looking for your next role and are experienced in Rental Income Recovery, please apply ASAP.