Strategic Acquisitions Officer - (Fixed-Term)
- Location:
- 231 George Street Glasgow, G1 1RX
- Salary:
- £40,797.53 - £47,477.60 per year
- Contract Type:
- Temporary
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
Job Description
The Strategic Acquisitions Officer will provide frontline advice, guidance and support to owners and other interested parties regarding the acquisition of empty properties. The post holder will also help identify occupied properties where the owner wishes to sell to a social landlord. This will involve carrying out investigations, developing innovative solutions to barriers/challenges, undertake property inspections and liaising with internal and external stakeholders to establish the condition and ownership status of these properties with a view to bringing them back into use.
You should have excellent communication and report writing skills and experience of partnership working and establishing networks. You will have knowledge and understanding of private sector housing issues and have previous experience in project management.
You should have a minimum of an HNC, or equivalent, in Housing or Business Administration field and/or relevant experience in the Housing field. It is desirable that you are educated to degree standard and/or postgraduate qualification in housing or equivalent qualification and have a full current driving licence.
This post is temporary for a period up to 2 years.
Application Packs
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Further Information
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/jobevaluation
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