Rehousing Officer

**Rehousing Officer (Duty Officer)**:
**Employer**: Medway Council

**Salary**: Range 4 - £31,283 per annum / pro rata

**Location**: To be confirmed

**Contract**: Contract

**Working Pattern**: To be confirmed

**Hours**: 37.

**DBS Check**: No

**Closing Date**: 04/05/2025 at 23:55

**Reference**: REC/709/242/VR

We are currently recruiting for a Rehousing Officer (Duty Officer) to Identify suitable temporary accommodation for homeless households to meet our statutory homeless duties. Undertake visits to homeless households to arrange sign up of tenancy, completion of Housing Benefit claim and offer welfare advice as appropriate.

To provide effective management of rent accounts to ensure maximisation of income. This will include ensuring that households in temporary accommodation have received details of their rent and methods of payment, and where appropriate referred for support.

**In return we offer you**:

- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers

We're committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency. Our declaration fits into our Council Plan priority of making Medway a place to be proud of. The main outcome being a 'clean and green environment'. All Medway Council staff can access an additional day’s paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change.

**Our organisation**:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

**Important Information-**

**Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile**

**Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement**

For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.

**_ We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date._**
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