Housing Administration Officer Temporary

Fixed Term 6 months, 22.2 hours per week, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 9am – 5pm

Colchester Borough Homes (CBH) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colchester City Council. As part of the local business community since 2003, we are an award-winning organisation providing management and maintenance services to around 7,000 residential properties and the Council’s commercial and public buildings, including Colchester Castle and Colchester Town Hall.

CBH is a fantastic place to work, delivering vital services and making a real difference to our tenants’ and leaseholders’ lives.  We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering great value services that make a difference, and our vision is to enable customers, colleagues, and communities to thrive.

About the role

In this role you will deliver a front facing service on reception at our Greenstead Housing Office. Providing administrative support for our Letting Team and Garage Officers

About you

We are particularly interested in attracting a motivated and organised candidate with good computer and communication skills. If you are a customer and solution-focused individual and feel you can make a difference, we would like to hear from you.

Benefits of working for CBH

In return, we are offering a competitive salary, including excellent benefits, which includes:

• Local Government Pension Scheme with a 20.8 % employer contribution
• Excellent training, development, and progression opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement, 21 days annual leave pro rate (increasing to 26 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank and public holidays and two extra company holidays during the Christmas period.
• The opportunity to buy up to another 5 days holiday, subject to conditions
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Provision of a smartphone and laptop
• Discounted gym member – corporate membership rate at Leisure World and the Northern Gateway.
• 1 Volunteering Day per year
• Free Flu Jab
• Agile Working at Colchester Borough Homes means having some flexibility about when, where, and how we work to best meet the needs of our role and service area.

Other employee benefits include payment of a professional subscription, free yearly eye tests plus a contribution towards glasses for VDU use.

You can find out more about Colchester Borough Homes by visiting: www.cbhomes.org.uk

For further job details please click here.

Or, if you would like to discuss the role in further detail, please contact Tony Dale, Lettings Manager, on 01206 282914.

Interview will be held face-to-face, date, time and location to be confirmed.

Equality & Diversity Commitment

Colchester Borough Homes are an equal opportunities employer.  As part of our continued commitment to Equality and Diversity, and our workforce accurately reflecting the community we represent, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and applicants who have status as an individual with a physical or mental disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer and a Mindful Employer.  We also hold accreditations for Working Well, Investors in People Gold status and the Armed Forces Covenant.

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