Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. Applications are invited from highly motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking individuals who are experienced administrators with excellent communications, customer and IT skills. You must be knowledgeable and skilled in finance, administration and have experience of dealing with complex data, maintaining databases and management software. An opportunity has arisen for a Housing Policy Assistant to be employed for an initial 12 month period in the Strategic Housing Programme Team, with the potential for the role to be made permanent. You will support the team in the management of existing homes, delivery of new homes, together with enabling and allocating affordable housing for sale to first time buyers. You will be responsible for providing administrative support to the team, as well as operating management information systems for the collation and monitoring of statistical analysis reports. You will also be responsible for the assessing of affordable housing applications, as well as responding to customer enquiries to aid the effective delivery of affordable housing across the borough. You will possess sound analytical skills, have experience of monitoring statistics and interpreting data, and have a good understanding of housing need. Applicants should also be fully computer literate with a working knowledge of appropriate computer applications, such as the Microsoft Office suite. In return we can offer you experience of working in a dynamic, supportive team; for an authority that has an excellent reputation that offers a comprehensive package of employee benefits through its Working Rewards Scheme. The successful candidate will be required to work from an office in Ellesmere Port for 1 day per week on a Thursday. All other working days are remote home based. For an informal discussion about this position please contact Gavin Griffith (Gavin.Griffithcheshirewest.gov.uk), Strategic Housing Programme Manger on 07827 877363. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteamecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.