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Sheltered Housing Officer

Aster Group
locationTyburnia, London W2 1RY, UK
PublishedPublished: Published 1 month ago
Housing officer
Part Time
The Vacancy

Are you passionate about creating safe, welcoming communities? We are looking for a Resident Services Officer to join our team at Edna House. In this role, you'll play a key part in ensuring building safety, supporting residents, and helping our community thrive.

About the role

As a Resident Services Officer, you will:
  • Oversee building safety and ensure a secure environment for all residents
  • Manage tenancies, including viewings, settling in new residents, and handling sign-ups
  • Conduct fire risk assessments and report on any communal or individual repair requirements
  • Take part in resident meetings and help resolve light anti-social behaviour issues as they arise
  • Provide a friendly, approachable presence onsite, ensuring residents feel supported and valued
This is a hands-on, on-site role based at Edna House, Paddington, London.

About you

You are a people person who can build rapport and show empathy, while also being confident and robust in your professional relationships. You're enthusiastic, energetic, and ready to make a real difference in the community.

To succeed in this role, you will need:
  • Experience in tenancy management, including audits and signposting to additional support services
  • A strong awareness of building health & safety issues
  • Ability to work independently, using good initiative and judgement
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with residents and colleagues
  • Awareness of safeguarding issues, proactively ensuring residents are safe and protected
  • Strong written, verbal, and IT skills
  • A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
About Us

Central & Cecil Housing Trust provides safe and affordable homes for people over 55 in London. Since 1926, we've helped our residents to enjoy vibrant, active and fulfilling lives.

Today, C&C supports people aged over 55 across a portfolio of safe and affordable properties and care homes, in outstanding locations. As a not-for-profit organisation, we re-invest every penny into helping our residents achieve their potential. From partnerships in fitness and the arts, to innovative technology and building inspiring homes, we support vibrant, active, and connected communities. Day to day, we live our values: "to be pioneers, to believe in better, to do what we do from the heart, to invest in each other and to have the courage to act".

What's in it for me

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
  • A focus on colleague wellbeing - workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
  • We invest in colleagues' careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
  • Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
  • Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
  • Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
  • We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives
C&C is passionate about fostering and supporting all forms of diversity, inclusion, and gender balance across the organisation and we always welcome applicants from diverse and ethnic minority backgrounds. If you would like some support with applying, please let us know. C&C is passionate about supporting diverse candidates.

Internally you will be known as a Service Officer.

If you consider this to be the right opportunity for you, apply as soon as possible with your most up to date CV.

Please note that we may consider applications as soon as we receive them, interviews will be held as soon as possible and we will make an offer immediately, if we find the right candidate.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it's subsidiary brands.

If you are successful, an Enhanced DBS check will be required.

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The Company

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.