Lettings Officer

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Homesearch Team, where you will be responsible for the delivery of our voids and allocations services.  

You will take a key role in delivery of our allocations, voids, and new tenancy services and oversee the process from initial Homesearch application through to the allocation of a new home to one of our members.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage Homesearch application registrations efficiently.
• Conduct pre-tenancy and selection processes.
• Carry out inspections of properties.
• Assess and coordinate necessary property works for allocations.
• Allocate properties in line with our policies and procedures.
• Identify and invoice for rechargeable work.
• Lead accompanied viewings and facilitate the signing of new tenants.
  

What we’re looking for

To join our Homesearch team, we’re looking for someone with:

• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• The ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities effectively.
• Experience in managing tenancy processes from start to finish.

Additional information:

This post also requires applicants to hold a current, valid UK driving licence with the ability to travel throughout our operating area, Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire, you may be required to work an evening and Saturday once trained. 

For more details on what we’re looking for in this role, please see the Job Description below. 

For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact Hayley O'Connor, Senior Homesearch Officer on 07776245798.

Working for Vico Homes

Want to work in a place that values you? Where you’re offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You’re in the right place!

We have a strong and inclusive culture and we’re always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.

Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:

• Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Pension - generous employer pension contribution
• Flexible working - we’re happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
• Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
• Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
• Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

How to apply and what happens next

• Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
• Complete the supporting information form below with details of how you meet the person specification
• We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one
• Email your supporting information form, and CV if you have one, to [email protected] before the closing date. Applications close at midnight on the closing date specified
• You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
• We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview

If you have any questions about a career at Vico Homes, you can contact us by email on [email protected]