Job Title: ASB & Legal Officer
Salary Banding: £31000 - £38000 (Dependant on experience)
Job Location: Regional
Contract Duration: Permanent
Weekly Hours: 35 Hours (Monday to Friday)
What’s the role?
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ASB & Legal Officer to join our team to provide regional cover and provide an excellent service to our customers.
So there is no excessive travel, you need to live within a reasonable commutable distance of your region and have access to your own vehicle. You’ll have freedom to manage your own diary around your customer visits and stakeholder meetings. You will also visit our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington for meetings and training.
Our top 2 priorities are Safe Environments and Passionate people within our YHG plan – as an ASB & Legal Officer, you will play a key role in this by improving neighbourhoods and sustaining successful tenancies for our customers.
We invest in our colleagues, when you join us, your existing ASB and Legal knowledge will be further reinforced/refreshed with comprehensive training from an external expert ASB Training Provider.
What will I be responsible for doing?
You will work closely with customers to investigate, determine appropriate actions, manage and resolve cases, and work with a wide range of external stakeholders (local government, Police, Community Safety and Safeguarding Teams), liaising on behalf of both the customer and the Group.
What will make me stand out from the crowd?
* a good level of knowledge of current Housing Legislation and Tenancy Enforcement (Anti-Social Behaviour, crime and disorder),
* experience of legal processes ie preparation of witness statements, court applications, working in conjunction with legal providers and court attendance.
* experience of and management of a wide range of community safety services, including investigating, managing and resolving a diverse range of cases including tenancy breaches and Anti-Social Behaviour.
What’s in it for me?
In return we offer £31,000.00 to £38,000.00 for a 35-hour week, and 25 days (pro-rata) annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.
On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.
For more of our great benefits, please see the benefits information sheet attached/ available by visiting the vacancy on Your Housing Group’s career’s website -
Who are Your Housing Group? Well for starters…. 88% of our employees recommend us as a great place to work! Your Housing Group has over 29,000 homes across the Northwest, Yorkshire, and the Midlands. Our residents range from teenagers, right through to retirement age and beyond with varying requirements, needs and support.
As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check
Closing date : Friday 24th January 2025
We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.
Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application. YHG2