Housing Income Officer
- Full Time
- Hybrid, with a requirement to sometimes work at Head Office (Vauxhall) - travel is expected to all our refuge Services across London, Cambridgeshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire and Derby
- 18th May 2026
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Housing Income Officer
We are recruiting for a Housing Income Officer to join our team in Property Services.
- Job Title: Housing Income Officer
- Location: Hybrid, with a requirement to sometimes work at Head Office (Vauxhall) – travel is expected to all our refuge Services across London, Cambridgeshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire and Derby.
- Salary: £30,726.57 Includes London Weighting, which may not be applicable depending on your home location and any agreed permanent homeworking arrangement
- Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term (Until April 2027)
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
This is an opportunity to join the Property Services Team and work very closely with our Service delivery colleagues to support them in managing rental income and use of our newly implemented Housing and Rent Management System.
Do you have good knowledge of best practice in relation to rent management? Are you interested in financial empowerment?
This role has been created to support the successful implementation, embedding, and ongoing optimisation of our new Housing Management IT System. The post holder will ensure that income related processes—such as rent charging, arrears management, service charges, and financial workflows—are accurately embedded across all refuge services. This will include ongoing configuration and testing of the new system to ensure it meets our needs.
Alongside system implementation responsibilities, the post holder will lead on the effective management and reduction of rent arrears, including recovery of historic arrears. Operating within a performance driven framework, they will ensure income KPIs, compliance requirements, and data quality standards are consistently achieved.
A key purpose of the role is to promote financial inclusion, ensuring survivors understand their financial responsibilities, maximise income through benefits and entitlements, and build long term financial resilience.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Closing Date: 09:00am on 18 May 2026
Interview Date: 26 and 27 May 2026
To apply for this job please visit refugecareers.ciphr-irecruit.com.