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The vacancy
Do you want to make a difference? An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Housing team for someone with great people skills to help us build strong communities.
About the role?
As part of our Housing team, you will use your customer service and problem-solving skills to help us deliver high-quality housing services.
The right candidate will need the ability to develop strong relationships with our tenants and be able to confidently communicate and be able to conduct rent analysis accordingly. At Watford Community Housing, one of our corporate objectives is to keep our rent arrears figure within 3%; we are therefore looking for someone with strong skills in this area.
In this role you will need to:
have a high standard of customer service that is responsive to our customers’ needs.
be responsible for ensuring tenancies are managed appropriately according to the circumstances of the household
make referrals and signpost for support as necessary
help to reduce debt owed in rent by actively working on your arrears cases weekly and taking court action where necessary
manage cases of anti-social behaviour within your allocated housing patch by working in partnership with other teams and agencies as required
What are we looking for?
You will have previous experience of working as a Housing Officer and be confident in a customer-facing position. You will need to be able to demonstrate both excellent customer service and problem-solving skills and be highly numerate to conduct rent analysis. You will also have a proven track record in building strong relationships.
Essential:
Excellent negotiation and influencing skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent time management and organisational skills
Good IT skills with the ability to use Housing Management software
Ability to input data into systems accurately
Proven debt management experience
Experience of dealing with people in difficult, often stressful, situations
Experience of tenancy and neighbourhood management
Knowledge of relevant Housing legislation
Due to the nature of the role, you will need to have a full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance.
Desirable:
Good level of general education or relevant experience
CIH recognised qualification
Upholds the CIH professionalism standards and demonstrates a commitment to champion the role housing professionals play in making a difference to the residents and communities they work with
What can we offer you?
You will be working close to Watford Junction station and within walking distance of the shops and cafes in Watford town centre.
We know that people are our most valuable assets, so we offer a range of benefits including 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, an employer pension contribution of up to 11%, development opportunities, Life assurance 4x of annual salary and access to a comprehensive employee rewards scheme.
How to apply
If this sounds like your next role, click ‘apply now’, tell us why you've got what it takes and send us a copy of your current CV. This vacancy will close on 28 May 2024. Interviews will take place from 29 May 2024.
About us
We are a housing association with homes across South-West Hertfordshire. We aim to make a real difference by delivering better homes and supporting our communities, because we know that good homes give people the chance to lead more fulfilling lives.
We own and manage more than 6,800 homes and associated assets in South-West Hertfordshire. Our business is evolving rapidly as we find new ways to deliver great homes, improved services and much-needed new homes. We also have a one-star accreditation from Best Companies, putting us in the top 25 housing associations to work for.
We have exciting plans for the future – and you could help us to achieve our goals. Find out more at www.wcht.org.uk/letsgo.
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Watford Community Housing Privacy Statement
The following explains how we Watford Community Housing (Controllers) intend to use the information you provide in your application, along with your rights, our reasons for requesting it and who will have access to it.
As part of any recruitment, volunteer or work placementprocess, Watford Community Housing collects and processes personal data relating to applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use that data and to meeting our data protection obligations.
Data Controller: Watford Community Housing, 59 Clarendon Road, Watford WD17 1LA
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As defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Watford Community Housing is the Data Controller and ultimately responsible for ensuring the data you provide is kept secure, processed correctly and that you understand your legal rights in relation to the data you provide.
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For Data Protection enquiries, please contact the Help Desk at support@networxrecruitment.com
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We may collect a range of information about you as part of our recruitment practices. This may include some or all of the following:
•your name, address and contact details, date of birth, including email address and telephone number;
•details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;
•information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements;
•whether or not you have a disability for which we may need to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process;
•information about your entitlement to work in the UK;
•equal opportunities monitoring information, including information about your ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health and religion or belief; and
•information obtained from personality profiling (where applicable)
We may collect this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in application forms, CVs or resumes, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment, including online tests.
We may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers, information from employment background check providers and information from criminal records checks. We will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that we are doing so.
Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record in Networx and on our IT systems (including email).
How do we process personal data?
We need to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract or agreement with you.
In some cases, we need to process data to ensure that we are complying with our legal obligations. For example, we are required to check a successful applicant’s eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.
We have a legitimate interest in processing personal data and for keeping accurate records. Processing data from applicants allows us to manage the recruitment / selection process and assess and confirm a candidate’s suitability for employment or work experience. We may also need to process data from applicants to respond to and defend legal claims.
We may process information about whether or not applicants are ‘disabled’ to make reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability. This is to enable us to meet our obligations under employment law.
Where we process other special categories of data, such as information about ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health or religion or belief, this is for equal opportunities monitoring purposes.
For some roles, we are obliged to seek information about criminal convictions and offences. Where we seek this information, we do so because to meet our obligations under employment and equality law.
Who has access to your personal data?
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We will not share your data with any other third parties, unless your job application is successful and we make you an offer of employment. Once you become an employee with us, our HR Privacy Notice for Employees applies.
We will not knowingly transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area.
How do we protect personal data?
We take the security of your personal data seriously. We have internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and that it is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.
How long do we keep data?
If your application for employment is unsuccessful, we will hold your data on file for 6 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. Networx retain your application information indefinitely but in anonymised form to protect your privacy.
If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data are set out under our HR Retention Policy.
Our recruitment process requires that we contact the referees provided by you as part of our checks to ascertain suitability of employment. The content of the reference will not be shared without the referee's permission.
How can I access the information you hold about me?
Your rights
As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:
•access and obtain a copy of your personal data on request;
•require us to change incorrect or incomplete data;
•require us to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for our purposes; and
•object to the processing of your data.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the HR Department at HR@wcht.org.uk
If you believe that we have not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner. You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office on 0303 123 1113 or online at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
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