Candour Consult is a world-class capacity building and management consulting organization providing human skill development with a broad vision to assisting in the development process in Africa in the areas of capacity building and development management consultancy.
We are currently recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Housing Manager/Officer
Location: Ogun
Job Description
- A housing manager/officer manages housing and related services on behalf of housing associations, local authorities and other accommodation providers. The role involves managing a designated patch of housing and keeping in regular contact with tenants, looking after rental income, and dealing with repairs and neighbour nuisance issues.
- Housing managers/officers may work with specific clients, such as homeless people, minority groups or people with disabilities. They work within a strict but changing regulatory framework and are usually based in a central office or local neighbourhood housing office.
- The manager role may involve line management responsibility for a team of housing officers, rent arrears staff and tenancy support officers, and participation in more strategic projects.
Responsibilities
- Interviewing tenants and giving advice on tenant-landlord relationships, house purchasing and benefits;
- Managing improvement loans and grants and administering repair and maintenance programmes;
- Managing nuisance orders, collecting information and referring cases to the neighbourhood nuisance team;
- Preparing cases and attending court hearings;
- Dealing with breaches of tenancy and leasehold agreements, which could culminate in carrying out evictions;
- Setting rents, administering their collection and developing policies to deal with and minimise arrears;
- Dealing with housing applications and the transfer of existing tenants;
- Liaising with tenant groups, local authority councillors, property professionals and other support and welfare organisations, including estate agents;
- Processing applications for housing improvements and repairs and communicating outcomes to tenants;
- Recruiting, training, supervising and monitoring staff workload;
- Inspecting properties;
- Dealing with abandoned tenancies, squatters and unauthorised occupiers;
- Liaising with wardens, caretakers, cleaners and maintenance staff;
- Encouraging and supporting tenants’ and residents’ groups and attending meetings as required;
- Developing new housing schemes by reusing existing stock or managing new builds;
- Evaluating the efficiency of housing schemes;
- Building relationships with the community;
- Interpreting and implementing housing legislation;
- Planning and implementing slum clearance and the demolition of unused properties;
- Maintaining records and writing reports.
- Recommending and developing local authority policies;
- Monitoring and updating contractors’ lists;
- Investigating and responding to client complaints.
- Generating revenue and implementing budgets;
- Identifying housing needs;
Application Closing Date
31st December, 2017.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application and Curriculum Vitae to:
[email protected]
Note: This job is very taxing and time consuming. Only male applicants (30 years above) are needed.