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Housing Officer
Job Posted: a day ago
Salary: £ 18 - 18.55 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: WA9, St Helens, St. Helens
Expire in: a month
Job Description
To: Head of Housing Purpose
To lead on the development and implementation of the Councils strategic housing initiatives, developing housing related policy and partnerships to maximise affordable housing and other housing development opportunities within the borough.
Work with colleagues and partners to ensure a coherent cross-tenure approach to the Councils housing policies and strategies.
Responsibilities & Outcomes
1. Working with senior officers, Cabinet Members and a range of internal and external stakeholders to lead and coordinate the development, implementation and continuous review of the Councils Housing Strategy and delivery plans.
2. Lead on ensuring the delivery of housing, including affordable housing, through the planning process and proactive engagement with registered housing providers, private developers and stakeholders. Lead delivery of the Local Plan objectives for housing including the delivery of strategic and major sites.
3. To lead and co-ordinate the work of multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver strategic housing sites, including council officers and partners. To effectively apply relevant management processes finance, people, performance to deliver housing outcomes.
4. Support the development, implementation, monitoring and review of strategic housing policies and strategies for the borough.
5. Contribute to the development and implementation of housing policies in line with the Councils Net Zero Vision.
6. Lead on engagement and explanations to local communities and other stakeholders the need for affordable housing and the potential mechanisms for delivery.
7. Develop effective relationships with Registered Providers, Homes England and other partners to meet identified housing needs and to increase the supply of both affordable and market housing through delivering relevant capital and revenue schemes and exploring opportunities for future investment and development opportunities.
8. Facilitate a Housing Partnership for the borough including representatives from a range of housing development stakeholders to co-deliver outcomes within the Housing Strategy.
9. Develop bids, initiatives, and projects to secure Government and other external funding to meet the Councils priorities and to ensure the effective monitoring and submission of necessary forms.
10. Prepare and present reports to both internal and external agencies and present updates on performance through governance frameworks.
11. Develop, continuously assess and maintain a specialist knowledge using data and intelligence of the factors influencing the housing market within the borough.
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