Job description
Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Please note that this post is only open to applicants currently working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council either directly or via an agency.
A new vacancy has arisen in the Housing Strategy and Investment Team for a Housing Strategy Officer.
As part of the Council's Housing and Regeneration Department, the successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for delivering the Council's wide ranging strategic housing priorities. This includes increasing the supply of affordable housing, bringing empty properties back into use, housing led regeneration and improving housing standards across the County Borough.
You will perform a central role in the team and will be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring housing policies, strategies and associated action plans. You will be responsible for delivering complex projects and schemes, including grant schemes and other interventions that support the delivery of affordable housing. You will be a flexible team player and have excellent communication skills. As part of this, a key aspect of the role is to develop and maintain relationships with partners and key stakeholders and to evaluate the impact of schemes and projects. You will have a broad knowledge of current housing issues and have experience of partnership working and bidding for external funding.
If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Alex Coole, Housing Strategy Manager, on 07384 919314.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.
Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Please note that this post is only open to applicants currently working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council either directly or via an agency.
A new vacancy has arisen in the Housing Strategy and Investment Team for a Housing Strategy Officer.
As part of the Council's Housing and Regeneration Department, the successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for delivering the Council's wide ranging strategic housing priorities. This includes increasing the supply of affordable housing, bringing empty properties back into use, housing led regeneration and improving housing standards across the County Borough.
You will perform a central role in the team and will be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring housing policies, strategies and associated action plans. You will be responsible for delivering complex projects and schemes, including grant schemes and other interventions that support the delivery of affordable housing. You will be a flexible team player and have excellent communication skills. As part of this, a key aspect of the role is to develop and maintain relationships with partners and key stakeholders and to evaluate the impact of schemes and projects. You will have a broad knowledge of current housing issues and have experience of partnership working and bidding for external funding.
If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Alex Coole, Housing Strategy Manager, on 07384 919314.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.