Income and Lease Manager
Location: Bowburn DH6 5PF
Salary: £25,010 - £35,090 per annum
The organisation is a vibrant and growing charity with over 30 years' experience working with individuals, families and communities affected by health and social inequalities across the country, focusing on improving people’s wellbeing. The organisation is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities, with over 1,100 staff and around 100 volunteers providing services for over 20,000 people. Their specialist services include substance use, clinical, employment training and education, housing services, housing support, health, young people, and families’ services.
The Role
Their specialist social housing offer has been created for people with health and social care support needs who may struggle to secure a home from other providers. They provide Intensive Housing Management and work with both services and a wide range of external stakeholders to ensure their residents are enabled to manage and sustain their home, engaging with local opportunities and resources to meet their needs. Their homes are owned, leased, or managed on behalf of other Registered Providers and include supported housing projects, which are a mixture of hostel type provision, shared housing, small blocks of self-contained flats, and dispersed one-, two-, and three-bedroom properties spread across the country.
Key focus of the role will be on:
Maximising their income
Reducing debt and rent arrears
Taking the lead dealing with a range of financial-related issues, including dealing with council tax and utilities
Preparing information for invoices
Collating expenditure information and creating evidence files that are ‘audit ready’
Managing their residential leases and providing recommendations in relation to extensions, renewals, or disposals based on financial performance, occupancy, and the quality of the property, working with housing officers and Team Managers
Skills and Qualifications
Experience of dealing with housing-related financial issues, including invoices, dealing with rent arrears, council tax, and utility charges
Knowledge of Housing Law relevant to social housing, private landlords, and tenants
Ability to support the team to identify issues, problem-solve, and action plan
Experience in dealing with landlords and negotiating leases
Benefits
Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 year’s service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance - flexible working and family-friendly policies
Happy, Healthy You! – their wellbeing offers for their workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Support Networks
To Apply
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