Job Description
4 months contract with a Local Authority
Job Summary:
· Oversee the commissioning of a new affordable housing investment strategy.
· Chair performance meetings with the Councils ALMO Sutton Housing Partnership and Encompass, its trading company delivering homelessness to monitor and oversee regulatory, KPI and financial performance ensuring collaborative working across the organisations and continuous improvement.
· Contribute to producing the Council’s Housing Revenue Account Business Plan and other related strategies and plans.
· Reporting and presenting to the Housing, Economy and Business Committee on key business areas within the Housing Directorate including the HRA business plan.
· Reviewing the management agreement with Sutton Housing Partnership.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
· Quality assure and audit the performance data provided by the Council’s ALMO, Sutton Housing Partnership (SHP) and Encompass, its trading company delivering homelessness and other statutory housing services.
· To respond to Members enquiries, Councillor enquiries, Freedom of Information Enquiries and Subject Access requests and to oversee and ensure the Councils companies Sutton Housing Partnership and Encompass track, respond to and follow up on their enquiries within the prescribed timescales.
· To respond to LBS complaints within prescribed timescales. To oversee and monitor compliance with the Ombudsman complaints handling code with SHP, including performance on embedding lessons learned, the annual self-assessment submission and effectiveness of complaints handling. To oversee and monitor complaint handling within Encompass, the homelessness division.
· Approvals of invoices on Business World and ensuring robust management of financial spend within budget provision. To feed into budget forecasting and demonstrate Value for Money savings and efficiencies.
· Coordinate and submit the Council’s annual housing statistical returns and other housing related submissions to Government.
· Oversee the inputting of housing related performance data to corporate and directorate performance management systems.
· Input to reviews of housing policy in relation to the housing management services delivered by SHP and the statutory housing services delivered by Encompass.
· Review operational protocols between SHP, Encompass and other parties
· Update the Council’s database of local housing association contacts and stock profile
· Work with Adult Social Services to identify housing needs of specific client groups and put in place strategies and plans to meet these.
Essential Experience Required:
· Experience of working in relevant roles in social housing and local government is essential.
· Experience of performance management including chairing meetings and ensuring follow up, demonstrating improvements is essential.
· Experience of HRA Business Planning is essential.
Essential Qualification Required:
· A relevant degree and or professional qualification, or work experience of at least equivalent level is essential.
Additional information to note:
· Working hours: 36 hours a week.
· The role is hybrid with 2 days onsite.
The role closes soon, please apply ASAP.
Requirements
To provide a comprehensive high quality homeless prevention, support and advice service to all households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness