New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Housing Manager (Legal) to join our Legal Team based in London (Nationwide applicants will be considered). In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a permanent opportunity with a closing date of Monday 22^nd August 2022.

As well as helping vulnerable young people, Centrepoint is a provider of social housing. We are looking for a flexible and innovate candidate with a passion for supporting vulnerable young people.

The successful candidate will take a lead on providing a dedicated in-house housing management service to colleagues across our services, relating to all aspects of housing and leasehold management (contentious and non-contentious).

The candidate will report to the Head of Legal and be responsible for leading housing management and decision-making on complex cases. The candidate will line manage a Housing Management Advisor (rent maximisation) and will work alongside a part-time assistant, who will report into the Head of Legal. 

What you’ll be doing…

• Primary point of contact with frontline service staff on housing management legal issues where required
• Lead on sourcing or procuring specialist advice where required (e.g. external advisors) Running own caseloads and supervising non-legal staff caseloads, with the support of Centrepoint’s legal advisors
• Overall responsibility for complex housing management case management
• To support in the creation and delivery of training workshops where necessary
• Liaising with a wide range of internal stakeholders and staff: lead individual on regular communication tools, working with internal stakeholders and developing suitable content as necessary
• Line management of Centrepoint’s Housing Management Advisor (job description can be provided)

Please refer to the attached Housing Manager (Legal) Job Description which outlines the key deliverables of the role.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career
• Employer pension contributions of 4%
• Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Housing Manager (Legal) click ‘Apply’ now!