Housing Enabling Manager
Bristol City Council
Bristol, UK
Published 1 week ago
Housing / Neighbourhood management
Job description
Full Time, Permanent
An opportunity has arisen for a Housing Enabling Manager to join Bristol City's Council's Housing Delivery Service, to drive the delivery of affordable homes in the city.
Bristol is a city in housing crisis with over 22,000 households on the Council's Housing Register and 1700 households in Temporary Accommodation. However, it is a city with great opportunities for housing and economic growth, with Europe's largest regeneration scheme at Bristol Temple Quarter, but also where we focus on the delivery of small sites and specialist supported housing provision. This role is integral to securing the delivery of affordable homes to meet need and maximise the opportunities the City has to offer.
The Enabling Service supports a range of housing solutions to implement the Homes for Bristol: Interim Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2025-27 and the Better Lives in Bristol - Supported Housing Delivery Plan 2024-29
You will play a key part in ensuring that affordable housing is developed and delivered in line with the council's core values and priorities.
You will need to understand the external issues that impact affordable housing delivery from a local, regional, and national policy perspective, and how this relates to the city. You will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of affordable housing delivery, its funding and how key our Registered and other Provider partners are to delivery.
You'll have excellent communication skills and develop good working relationships with local and regional organisations, other service areas across the Council, and senior leaders and politicians, and be an experienced negotiator to ensure the best housing delivery outcomes for Bristol.
You will be responsible for supervising a Senior Enabling Officer and an Enabling Officer.
This is an exciting career opportunity in particular for someone who has worked in a Registered provider development role or who is currently fulfilling an Enabling role in a local authority.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our role's hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
Interviews are scheduled for week's commencing 8 th September.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact: Louise Davidson, Louise.davidson2@bristol.gov.uk or Tim Midwood, timothy.midwood@bristol.gov.uk
Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
The personal information section (including your name) you'll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.
Full Time, Permanent
An opportunity has arisen for a Housing Enabling Manager to join Bristol City's Council's Housing Delivery Service, to drive the delivery of affordable homes in the city.
Bristol is a city in housing crisis with over 22,000 households on the Council's Housing Register and 1700 households in Temporary Accommodation. However, it is a city with great opportunities for housing and economic growth, with Europe's largest regeneration scheme at Bristol Temple Quarter, but also where we focus on the delivery of small sites and specialist supported housing provision. This role is integral to securing the delivery of affordable homes to meet need and maximise the opportunities the City has to offer.
The Enabling Service supports a range of housing solutions to implement the Homes for Bristol: Interim Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2025-27 and the Better Lives in Bristol - Supported Housing Delivery Plan 2024-29
You will play a key part in ensuring that affordable housing is developed and delivered in line with the council's core values and priorities.
You will need to understand the external issues that impact affordable housing delivery from a local, regional, and national policy perspective, and how this relates to the city. You will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of affordable housing delivery, its funding and how key our Registered and other Provider partners are to delivery.
You'll have excellent communication skills and develop good working relationships with local and regional organisations, other service areas across the Council, and senior leaders and politicians, and be an experienced negotiator to ensure the best housing delivery outcomes for Bristol.
You will be responsible for supervising a Senior Enabling Officer and an Enabling Officer.
This is an exciting career opportunity in particular for someone who has worked in a Registered provider development role or who is currently fulfilling an Enabling role in a local authority.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our role's hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
Interviews are scheduled for week's commencing 8 th September.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact: Louise Davidson, Louise.davidson2@bristol.gov.uk or Tim Midwood, timothy.midwood@bristol.gov.uk
Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
The personal information section (including your name) you'll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.