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Job Title: Housing Benefit Exempt Accommodation Officer
Grade: H £36,124 – £38,626 a year
Directorate: Place
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 Months
Location: The Council House
Excellent work life balance scheme
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a brand-new team helping improve the housing within the supported exempt accommodation arena.
This new team will be based within the existing DASH Services team and be working on an innovative project with a fantastic team.
Applicants are invited from candidates who have a good knowledge of Housing Benefits regulations & who have a desire to make a real difference.
Applicants must have a good standard of Maths and English – minimum grade C at GCSE or equivalent Housing Benefit experience.
Internal applicants – This position is available for a secondment opportunity, provided that you have obtained approval from your current line manager.
For an informal chat please contact Lisa Menzies on 01332 640666.
Next Steps
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 19 January 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held week commencing 27 January 2025.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK – 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
