Income Legal Officer

Contract: Fixed Term Contract (9 months)

Location: Warrington

Weekly Hours: 35 (Monday to Friday)

So . What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a customer focused and experienced Income Legal Officer, to join our customer services team.

We are looking for an individual who is resilient, well organised and be able to handle both challenging and sensitive conversations with customers, as well as representing the group at court hearings and evictions.

What will my working week look like?

You will live within 25 miles of Warrington to be able to cover your patch. You will also need to be based within a reasonable travelling distance of our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington to attend meetings and training courses when needed.

Your day-to-day work will involve attending court hearings and evictions on behalf of the group, whilst managing a caseload of customers;

• reviewing rent accounts

• contacting customers by telephone and through our digital platforms

• discussing repayment options and making affordable, sustainable arrangements

• offering basic benefit advice

• attending court and evictions

• conducting pre court and pre eviction visits.

Where a customer's circumstances are complex, you will work closely with our specialist money advice, tenancy support and housing management teams, to ensure we get the best outcomes we can for our customers and for YHG.

What will I be responsible for doing?

As an Income Legal Officer, you will be designated a patch of properties for which you are responsible for collecting the rent and/or charges. You will make calls and take action to recover outstanding rent, mitigating loss of income by being proactive in terms of supporting customers with making sustainable payment arrangements and benefit claims.

You will also be responsible for attending court hearings and evictions on behalf of the team, you will need to organise court bundles and ensure you are well informed on any cases you are attending. You will need to conduct pre court and pre-eviction visits only where we are struggling to engage with our customers.

YHG is committed to supporting our customers through the cost-of-living crisis and the roll out of Universal Credit and by joining us you have an opportunity to help us make a real difference to someone's life.

And what would make me stand out from the crowd?

To be a successful as Income Legal Officer, here at YHG, you will have .

• In depth knowledge of the arrears recovery process (from beginning to end) across a range of tenures, with experience of working in a demanding customer service environment
• Experience in preparing & submitting court paperwork and bundles.
• Experience of attending County Court to present rent possession claims
• Experience in dealing with difficult customers, some of whom may be demanding/vulnerable, within an income collection environment
• Good understanding of the benefits system, including Housing Benefit, Universal Credit etc.

Ideally you will be

• Self-motivated
• A strong communicator with a high level of attention to detail
• Good administrative, organisational, and planning skills with an ability to acquire knowledge and grasp new concepts quickly
• Focused/target driven and thrive in a highly performance driven, phone-based income collection environment.

This role is really suited to someone who can understand our customers and their circumstances, someone who isn't afraid to ask questions, and through professional curiosity, can get to the underlying issues, someone who will make our customers feel supported and work with them to find solutions to their debt issues.

If you feel this could be the right role for you, we would love to hear from you!

That all sounds great, what's in it for me?

In return we offer £29,500 - £31,000 for a 35-hour week, and 25 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

We trust our people to manage their own diaries, if you need time for an appointment, the school run or an exercise class, as long as it fits with business needs, we're open to what works for you too. And when you need to collaborate with your team, you can visit Youggle House - our wellbeing, social, collaboration and meeting space, in Birchwood, Warrington.

On top of this, we'll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan, that doesn't just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

For more of our great benefits, please see the benefits information sheet attached/ available by visiting the vacancy on Your Housing Group's career's website - .

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North's sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year.

We're an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

Additions

As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Closing Date: Thursday 4th September 2025

We review applications as they're received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you're interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application. YHG1