Team: Housing Strategy & Implementation Team

Job Family: Enabling - CBG7 Career Grade

Salary: £21,589 - £23,836 per annum pro rata (potential to rise to CBG9)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Base Location: Priory House, Chicksands, Shefford

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 20th January 2021

Interview Date: Week Commencing 25th Jan 2021

More about the role:

You will play a key role in helping to deliver the Council’s housing vision and influencing the future delivery of housing across the authority area.

This will involve maintaining effective and positive working relationships across the Council by providing a key link between Council departments, showing a real passion for collaboration yet being clear on team outcomes. You will be proficient with IT systems and methodical in how you store & access information. You will be involved in reviewing and responding to planning applications, in order to uphold the Council’s various housing policies.

You will assist in monitoring affordable housing statistics, the Council's self & custom build register, and other housing associated agenda. You will also assist in research, monitoring and supporting wider initiatives such as MMC/smart construction. Ideally a corporate CIH member but not essential, you will be able to transition from big picture to detail with ease whilst identifying relevant opportunities and potential issues.  

Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire 'A great place to live and work’. 

If you require sponsorship by Central Bedfordshire Council to work in the UK please state this within your application to us. For more information please follow this link https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa 

*please note the council is able to sponsor some roles which meet specific criteria laid down by the government*

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To assess your suitability for the role, you must demonstrate how you meet the key outcomes, accountabilities and competencies. To do this, you’ll need to refer the Family Profile, Role Profile and Competency Framework which can be found in the Recruitment Pack: Housing Strategy & Implementation Officer

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Michael David, Housing Strategy & Implementation Manager at Michael.david@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 6061

For queries related to the recruitment of this vacancy, please contact: The recruitment team at recruitment@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in the workplace.

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline. 

If you do not have a CV to hand, please look on our website for a CV template that you can use to create your CV to apply for this role.

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