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Housing Support Officer

Where

Leamington Spa

Type

Contract

Salary

22.52 Hourly

Housing Support Officer

Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Full time, 37 hours per week

16.96 - 22.52 per hour

Temporary contract, minimum 6 months

Sellick Partnership Ltd are currently recruiting for a Housing Support Officer to join one of our Warwickshire based clients on a temporary contracted basis

Daily duties of the Housing Support Officer:

  • Managing a backlog of housing applications
  • Assessing housing register applications
  • Handling applications and queries regarding the housing register
  • Experience of shortlisting housing applications
  • Working within the Housing Options team and assisting the Housing Options Officer's

Essential experience of the Housing Support Officer:

  • Previously used Abritas housing register system or similar
  • Experience working within Housing/Housing Needs

If you are interested in the Housing Support Officer then please apply now, for further information contact Harry Rigby at the Sellick Partnership Derby office

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.

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