Job Introduction

Job Title:                        ASB & Legal Officer

Salary Banding:            £27,000 - £33,000

Job Location:               Greater Manchester

Contract Duration:        Permanent

Weekly Hours:              35 (Monday to Friday)

Who are Your Housing Group? Well for starters…. 88% of our employees recommend us as a great place to work!  Your Housing Group has over 29,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire, and the Midlands. Our residents range from teenagers, right through to retirement age and beyond with varying requirements, needs and support.

What’s the role?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ASB & Legal Officer to cover Greater Manchester.

So there’s no excessive travel, you will live within a reasonable commutable distance of your ‘patch’, and access to your own vehicle.  You’ll have freedom to manage your own diary around your customer visits and stakeholder meetings.  You will also visit our Head Office in  Birchwood, Warrington for meetings and training.

Our top 2 priorities are to keep people safe and be a great landlord – as an ASB & Legal Officer, you will play a key role in this by improving neighbourhoods and sustaining successful tenancies for our customers. 

We invest in our colleagues, when you join us your existing ASB and Legal knowledge will be further reinforced/refreshed with comprehensive training from an external expert ASB Training Provider.

What will I be responsible for doing?

You will work closely with customers to investigate, determine appropriate actions, manage and resolve cases, and also work with a wide range of external stakeholders (local government, Police, Community Safety and Safeguarding Teams), liaising on behalf of both the customer and the Group.

What will make me stand out from the crowd?

• a good level of knowledge of current Housing Legislation and Tenancy Enforcement (Anti-Social Behaviour, crime and disorder),
• experience of legal processes ie preparation of witness statements, court applications, court attendance and self-representation
• experience of and management for a wide range of community safety services, including investigating, managing and resolving a diverse range of cases including tenancy breaches and Anti-Social Behaviour

What’s in it for me?

We offer a competitive salary of around £27.000- and 33 days annual leave (increasing with length of service).

We also provide a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match your contribution up to 8%, a Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access and alternative therapies).

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.                

Closing date: 30th November 2022

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. YHG2

Your Housing Group