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Housing Options Trainee

Employer
Barnet Homes - Part of The Barnet Group
Location
Barnet (City/Town), London (Greater)
Salary
GBP 23,745.08 with progression after 12 months + 5% flexible benefits
Closing date
10 Mar 2019

Job Details

Salary: GBP 23,745.08 with progression after 12 months
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Term: 2 year contract
TBG Flex - part of The Barnet Group

 

- You're passionate about helping people facing homelessness
- You're a hard worker and want to progress your career
- You're open to new challenges and will learn quickly on the job

 

About us
We're the Housing Options Service at Barnet Homes. We provide housing & homelessness advice to anyone at risk of homelessness.  We aim to prevent homelessness, and we work with our clients to find realistic solutions to end their homelessness.

We're a large, innovative service, and we have a great track record of developing our people through secondments and through a successful graduate programme.

To build on this success, we're running a 2-year development programme for talented people who may not have attended university, or who are ready for a career change. We're looking for people with potential, commitment, and the will to take on new challenges. 

Our offer
- You'll complete rotations over two years within the different teams in the Housing Options Service, and will be placed in areas where there is the greatest business need.

- You'll start on GBP 23,745.08, and will progress after 12 months to a maximum of GBP 26,119.59 subject to performance and success in testing. You'll take on more responsibilities after 12 months in line with your increased salary.

- You'll receive Shelter legal training and other training to support your development.

To view full job description and person specification please click here


 

For more information ...
If you'd like an informal discussion about the role, email daniel.sher@barnethomes.org and we'll get in touch.

Timescales
- Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 10th March.
- Interview & assessment: Week commencing 11th March.
 

Currently our main offices are located at Barnet House, Whetstone N20. We will be moving to new modern offices at Colindale NW9 in Summer 2019.

From Good to Great The Barnet Group Business Plan

 

Company

The Barnet Group is a local authority trading company created in February 2012. We are owned by Barnet Council.

We employ approximately 1,000 members of staff in a wide range of roles; from care workers to plumbers and carpenters. We also have many office-based roles for our ever-growing organisation. We are a London Living Wage employer, and pride ourselves on our equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as the opportunities we provide for staff growth and development.

We are the parent company to:

  • Barnet Homes – this manages the borough’s 15,000 council homes on behalf of Barnet Council. It also works to prevent homelessness and allocates homes to social housing applicants
  • Opendoor Homes – a subsidiary of Barnet Homes which gained Registered Provider status from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2016. Opendoor is developing an initial 320 new homes in the borough, and has ambitions to build many more. It is also purchasing homes on the open market for affordable rent.
  • Bumblebee – an online estate agent providing quality bespoke property services to landlords and tenants, throughout Barnet and the surrounding areas.
  • TBG Flex – a company for the recruitment and employment of new staff.
  • Your Choice Barnet – an adult social care company that provides day services, respite centres, extra care schemes and care homes to adults with learning and physical disabilities, older adults and adults with additional care needs.

Our mission is to make a real difference to every customer.

We also offer services to the wider community. These include a let2barnet lettings service for private landlords, and BOOST, an employment and training support service.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0208 359 2798
Location
The Barnet Group
2 Bristol Avenue
Colindale
London
United Kingdom
NW9 4EW
GB

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