Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: On‑Site Worker
Salary: £36,363 – £39,152 per annum (pro rata for part‑time) (Pay award pending)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce – perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you – people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
The post holder is responsible for supporting the Private Rented Housing Manager in matters of housing advice casework, helping prevent homelessness and acting to ensure that the City Council fulfils its legal and safeguarding requirements to citizens in housing need or crisis. This will include evaluating citizen need assessment, housing advice, homelessness prevention and deciding homelessness duties in accordance with the Housing Act 1996 VII (as amended). The role will have oversight of Social Lettings and casework at all stages, providing technical advice and ensuring that all decisions are dealt with in accordance with legislation, Council policy, and statutory deadlines.
About You
Key priorities for the postholder will include;
- Comprehensive and up to date working knowledge of Homelessness and associated legislation and able to advise colleagues and decide any duties owed to citizens for the Authority
- Ability to supervise and support staff on a day to day basis to deliver a customer‑facing service, providing technical advice on a range of homelessness issues
- Ability to effectively manage a complex workload under pressure meeting specified targets and deadlines whilst demonstrating attention to detail, prioritisation and self‑organisation skills
- Experience of dealing with legal challenges from advocates and customer complaints
- Ability to be creative, to identify problems and work to create solutions
When applying, candidates should provide a written statement along with their CV outlining their key skills and experiences in the priorities outlined above.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact Rebecca McGill, Private Rented Housing Manager, rebecca.mcgill@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 3rd June 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: Friday 12th June 2026
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre https://emss.org.uk/support
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