Job Introduction
Salary: £36,363 – £39,152 a year
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract type: Permanent
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
What You’ll be doing
Are you passionate about helping people find and keep a safe place to call home? We’re looking for a proactive and customer-focused Housing Solutions Officer to help prevent homelessness and support people facing housing challenges. You’ll work closely with individuals to understand their needs, provide practical housing advice, and work with partner organisations to achieve positive, long-term outcomes.
You’ll assess housing applications, make decisions in line with housing legislation, and ensure every case is handled fairly and compassionately. You’ll also help promote homelessness prevention by building strong relationships with partners, delivering awareness sessions, and contributing to an out-of-hours rota when needed.
If you’re ready to make a real difference in people’s lives while working as part of a supportive team, we’d love to hear from you.
What we’re looking for
Are you passionate about preventing homelessness and making a real difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for a resilient and customer-focused Housing Solutions Officer to manage a varied caseload, supporting people with a wide range of housing needs. You’ll carry out detailed assessments, provide practical housing advice, identify support needs, and work closely with internal teams and partner organisations to achieve positive, long-term housing outcomes.
You’ll have a strong understanding of homelessness legislation and housing law, excellent communication and customer service skills, and the ability to make fair, informed statutory decisions. You’ll be confident managing competing priorities, maintaining accurate case records, producing reports, and using IT systems such as Microsoft Excel. Experience of working with vulnerable people, assessing risk, and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion is essential.
A relevant housing qualification or equivalent experience is desirable. You’ll also need to be flexible, with the ability to travel when required and participate in the out-of-hours homelessness rota.
If you’re organised, compassionate, and ready to help people secure a safe place to call home, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Application Process
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
Applicants for this public-facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English
On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.
