Independent Living Officer

Independent Living Officer 

Salary: £39,145.56 

Location: Manchester - Agile 

Full Time, Secondment 

Closing Date: 4th June 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. 

At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth. 

We have an exciting position available for Independent Living Officer to join us! 

You’ll proactively lead the delivery of a customer focused service across our independent living portfolio, delivering high-quality housing, tenancy management and support services. 

Working pro-actively with customers and partners (internal and external) you will help to create sustainable and thriving independent living communities, customer independence and deliver an exceptional ‘first point of contact resolution’ customer experience. 

What we’re looking for: 

· Experience of working in the housing sector or similar role delivering services to customers 

· Understanding of effective scheme and tenancy management, with experience of delivering a range of related management services. 

· Experience of working in a customer focused environment, with strong interpersonal skills, a proven ability of delivering a high standard of customer service 

· Responsive to individual circumstances and able to adapt your approach to meet customer needs 

· Experience of delivering successful Customer Involvement approaches to ensure high levels of customer involvement 

· Experience of working collaboratively building successful working relationships with key stakeholders and partners to achieve strong community and neighbourhood regeneration 

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city. 

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you! 

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in. 

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. 

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. 

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.