Local Authority Housing Strategy Principal Officer, Salford

 Local Authority Housing Strategy Principal Officer, Salford
Pay rate to £34.22 per hour
Contract role, Local Government Housing Strategy
 
We are recruiting for an experienced Local Authority Housing Strategy Principal Officer in Greater Manchester
This is a contract role, and you will need to have experience in a similar role in a Local Authority setting
About the Role
·         Need to have some experience of writing strategies, can work to tight deadlines, some understanding of Housing and Homelessness in general.
·         These are exciting times to work within Salford City Council's fast paced and varied Housing Strategy Team. The team is responsible for the production, monitoring and reporting on the delivery of our housing and homelessness related strategies and policies, driving and delivering a number of key actions within our strategy action plans.
·         We are now seeking a dynamic Strategy Principal Officer who will develop Salford’s supported housing needs assessment, a new supported housing strategy, delivery plan and monitoring framework – in line with the statutory requirements of the Supported Housing Regulatory Oversight Act.
·         We are seeking a highly effective individual who can ensure that the tight deadlines for this are achieved, while our ideal candidate will also be someone who can demonstrate their ability to use their initiative to drive a partnership approach to achieving local outcomes.
·         Experienced in strategy development, you will have excellent written and verbal skills, be conversant in data collection and analysis and be able to plan and manage competing pieces of work. A knowledge and understanding of a wide range of housing and homelessness issues is required. The post holder must have experience and excellent skills in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, in order to ensure the strategy reflects the voice of people with lived experience, as well as our key partners.
·         Our values of pride, passion, people and personal responsibility are at the heart of everything we do, and they are central to the way in which we behave with colleagues, customers and partners.
·         The post is fixed term for 12 months from the commencement of the contract - we are seeking someone to commence as soon as possible.
 
Don’t forget, if this role isn’t the perfect fit, we’re confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:
Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)

• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Children’s Social Work
• Adult Social Work
• Service Manager
• Head of Service
• Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager
• A wide range of housing roles
• Careers in SEND in local authorities

 
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