Title: Housing Officer

Basildon, Essex, GB, SS14 3EZ

Sanctuary manages rented and shared ownership homes and supports community initiatives for thousands of customers across England. Our staff help make a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.

Housing Officer

 

Basildon based with a balance of home and office working

 

£20,718 per annum (pro rata)

 

22.5 hours per week – Monday to Wednesday, 9am to 5.30pm

Temporary position for up to 12 months

 

We have an opportunity for a Housing Officer to join our Housing team based in Basildon. This will involve making sure that our properties are safe and attractive places to live and ensuring that tenancies are being conducted in a satisfactory way. This is a varied opportunity that will see you managing a range of situations and helping to build key relationships between Sanctuary Housing and our tenants, while consistently working in a professional manner to resolve problems and improve services.

The role of Housing Officer will include:

• Working closely with the lettings team in allocating Voids, Tenancy Sign Ups and Viewings
• Liaising with tenancy enforcement agencies to build relevant case files and manage the complaint process for the service area
• Handling a range of situations including complex cases of ASB (anti-social behaviour), which may include attending evictions and multi-agency crime prevention meetings.
• Attending various meetings to coordinate tenancy termination and changes, property clearance, and support tenancy auditing and fraud investigations
• Providing advice and support to residents through regular community engagement and signposting to relevant third party agencies

 

Skills and experiences:

• Recent experience undertaking a similar role and a passion for supporting tenancy sustainment and working with vulnerable people
• Knowledge of relevant housing regulations and legislation
• An understanding of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience and knowledge of good practice resident involvement activities
• Travel is a requirement of the role, therefore a full valid driving licence is essential

 

Why work for us?

We are a not-for-profit housing association, and own and manage around 125,000 homes. We foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent. Our customers are at the heart of all we do, and colleagues help make a real difference to people’s lives.

 

Our Benefits    

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)

• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £20,718 per annum (pro rata)
• The full time equivalent salary for this role is £34,531 based on 37.5 hours per week

 

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Closing Date: 12 March 2026

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – housing.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

 

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

 

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at -   www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team

 

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference.  We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission.  We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

 

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
A basic Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Housing Services Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity. 

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