Housing Service Policy and Innovation Coordinator

Job Description

Please note - TEMPORARY POST FOR 18 MONTHS

As a core member of the Housing Business Management Team, working in a rapidly changing environment, the coordinator must be flexible in undertaking a range of functions.

The post holder will work with colleagues towards achieving Council plans, values and improving services and will also understand the importance of working with partner agencies to achieve great outcomes. Working with the various staff within their team the post holder will ensure a number of priorities are met within the specific areas of business within the remit.

The major specific arears of responsibility are:

Lead on the formulation and periodic review of Housing policies to ensure they effectively deliver strategic objectives and meet best practice as well as legislative and regulatory requirements of the landlord function.

Encourage community and tenant participation in all aspects of the Housing Service. Develop quality communication methods for tenant consultation and involvement. These will be met by ensuring that the review and implementation of the participation strategy is met.

Act as an internal consultant within the Housing Service, conducting audits and reality checks, identify areas for service improvement, making appropriate recommendation and project managing delegated planned improvements.

Ensure that in conjunction with the Team Leader that deadlines are met to ensure that regulatory information is provided to both internal stakeholders and to external agencies such as the Scottish Housing Regulator and Scottish Government.

Contribute to the strategy and operational planning activities within the Housing Service.

This job holder will have the delegated authority to deputise for the Team Leaders in Housing Operations. This will include making decisions on their behalf if they are unavailable.

Additional Information

You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job. You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”. Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

You will be required to undergo a disclosure check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council. The cost of this check will be detailed in your conditional offer of employment if you are successful. Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/disclosure-levels

Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

Please click this link to view a short video on what is expected when completing application forms for Clackmannanshire Council - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaasgoGqmw

There may be an opportunity for you to seek permission to apply for this position on a secondment basis. Applicants should ensure they read the secondment policy on Connect which can be accessed here and seek agreement from their service prior to applying.