Job Description

Responsibility for the management and strategic aims of the Rehousing services, including housing allocations, temporary accommodation, and rent collection. Lead on the development of service initiatives, new ideas and practice indicators to drive improvement and efficiency across the services.

Recruit, motivate, develop, and promote professional supervision for individual team members to ensure the skills and practices of the team meet the needs of service users and the objectives of the service whilst maintaining a positive culture within the workplace.

Responsibility for procurement of accommodation and management of a diverse portfolio of properties, including accommodation that is leased, council owned, nightly paid and other procured units.

Provide professional expertise, skills and guidance to other employees within the service to ensure professional standards of practice are maintained and statutory duties are met.

Develop service plans for the teams, ensuring the organisation is compliant with all relevant statutory legislation. Where required monitor and review all planned interventions to ensure that they are delivered within the relevant frameworks.

Manage budgets and finances for the services, including the management of income collection for households in temporary accommodation. This will also include collection of former tenant debt and other housing related debt for customers owing to the housing service.

Any other housing related duties.

In return we offer you:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Generous local government pension scheme package
• Access to wider training and development qualifications
• Flexible working scheme
• Travel plan discounts
• Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
• The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: -

We\'re committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency. Our declaration fits into our priority of making Medway a place to be proud of. The main outcome being a \'clean and green environment\'. All Medway Council staff can access an additional day\'s paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change.

Our organisation:

Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager, please call Tracy Chambers on 01634 333578

Important Information-

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement

Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, family commitments, sexual orientation, age, HIV status, religious or political beliefs, social class or trade union activity or irrelevant spent conviction.

For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.

Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.

Please visit for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.

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How to Apply

Please be advised that we only accept online applications submitted through JobsGoPublic ATS.

If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.

All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on 01634 332878.

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