Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Provisionally Wednesday 26 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 16 August 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC5 £29,170.80 to £31,761.26
Working Pattern: 30 hours per week
Location: North Fife
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Job Details
Good Housing impacts on so many aspects of our daily lives. As well as being a basic human right, it also encourages a sense of community, helps economies to thrive and creates an environment which people want to protect.
We need you to help us meet our aim to provide everyone with access to good quality, affordable decent housing that meets their needs and aspirations. We want to improve the quality of life for people across Fife, and we work with many different organisations, including tenants' groups, to try to make that happen.
The role of the Retirement Housing Officer is to deliver Retirement Housing Services to complexes. The Retirement Housing Officer provides a range of welfare, monitoring and retirement housing assistance to tenants. The post is committed to promoting and assisting individuals to maintain their independence. The Retirement Housing Officer delivers advice and assistance to sustain independent living solutions and responds to emergency situations.
A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
It is essential that the individual has moderate experience of working with Older People or service users with Specific Needs. You will have the ability to deal with crisis situations and be able to demonstrate an ability to work on his/her own initiative. Have a positive attitude to service users.Possess good literacy and numeracy skills and basic IT skills - have the ability to deal with e-mails. Be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skillsandbe able to communicate with a range of internal/external partner agencies.
The normal working week is 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, Monday to Friday. A requirement of this post is to work on public holidays.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
Further Information
Proposed Interview Date: Provisionally Wednesday 26 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 16 August 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC5 £29,170.80 to £31,761.26
Working Pattern: 30 hours per week
Location: North Fife
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Job Details
Good Housing impacts on so many aspects of our daily lives. As well as being a basic human right, it also encourages a sense of community, helps economies to thrive and creates an environment which people want to protect.
We need you to help us meet our aim to provide everyone with access to good quality, affordable decent housing that meets their needs and aspirations. We want to improve the quality of life for people across Fife, and we work with many different organisations, including tenants' groups, to try to make that happen.
The role of the Retirement Housing Officer is to deliver Retirement Housing Services to complexes. The Retirement Housing Officer provides a range of welfare, monitoring and retirement housing assistance to tenants. The post is committed to promoting and assisting individuals to maintain their independence. The Retirement Housing Officer delivers advice and assistance to sustain independent living solutions and responds to emergency situations.
A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
It is essential that the individual has moderate experience of working with Older People or service users with Specific Needs. You will have the ability to deal with crisis situations and be able to demonstrate an ability to work on his/her own initiative. Have a positive attitude to service users.Possess good literacy and numeracy skills and basic IT skills - have the ability to deal with e-mails. Be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skillsandbe able to communicate with a range of internal/external partner agencies.
The normal working week is 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, Monday to Friday. A requirement of this post is to work on public holidays.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
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