Local Authority Housing Advice and Options Manager, Northamptonshire

Local Authority Housing Advice and Options Manager, NorthamptonshirePay rate £265 per dayContract role, Local Authority HousingPertemps are recruiting for an experienced Housing Advice and Options Manager in Northamptonshire.This is a Local Authority based role, so you will need to have significant experience of working at this level in a Local Authority Housing team.

• To be responsible for overall development, co-ordination, delivery and performance of a highly effective homelessness prevention, assessment and advice service for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, with the ultimate goal of reducing homelessness and minimising the use of temporary accommodation.
• To develop, support and promote and inclusive, multi agency problem-solving approach to tackling, preventing and reducing homelessness to increase efficiency, deliver better outcomes for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness and improve value for money.
• To provide people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness with advice on their housing options, taking into account their needs and aspirations, their eligibility for assistance under the homelessness legislation, their priority on the housing register and their ability to sustain a tenancy in the private sector.
• To contribute positively to the development of new working practices and initiatives, and the improvement of existing practices, that help to increase upstream prevention and prevent homelessness at the earliest stage, provide settled housing solutions and minimise the use and cost of temporary accommodation.
• To provide the Head of Housing Solutions, Assistant Director Strategic Housing, Development and Property
• Services, Corporate Leadership Team, and Councillors with advice on issues relating to housing advice and homelessness, to help set the strategic direction of the authority.
• The role will be based across the locality of North Northamptonshire. Please get in touch for more information.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

Please contact Graham Leatham on or email for more information. We recruit across all areas of Housing, Public Sector, Planning and Local Government work. If you are experienced in this sector, and this isn't the role for you, contact us about other roles.