Housing Regulatory Assurance Officer

Inside Housing Management; Oxford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Oxford is searching for a Housing Regulatory Assurance Officer to ensure compliance with housing regulations and support quality assurance programs in the Housing Directorate. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and be an excellent communicator, responsible for developing improvement plans and preparing reports. This role offers opportunities for career development along with generous benefits, including a competitive holiday scheme and support for professional fees.

Benefits

Generous holiday of 29 days

Local Government Pension Scheme

Gym membership

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• High level of organisation and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Experience in developing improvement plans and reporting.
• Ability to ensure compliance with statutory housing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of quality assurance programs.
• Provide assurance that the council complies with housing regulations.
• Prepare strategies and formal reports for presentation.

Skills

Project management skills

Excellent communication

Problem solving

Job description

The Role

An exciting opportunity to be part of our new Housing Strategy and Performance Team as a Housing Regulatory Assurance Officer. You will support the development, delivery and implementation of a quality assurance and improvement programme across the Council’s Housing Directorate, to ensure that we deliver core function in accordance with regulation and realise our continuous improvement goals.

Your professional accountability is to provide assurance that the council is compliant with all statutory and regulatory housing requirements, developing improvement plans and remediations where are deficient, taking enabling and direct actions to ensure that we deliver a high quality, safe, modern and preventative housing service, which has a positive impact on residents.

You will be highly organised, and an innovative and intelligence problem solver, conversant with project and programme management skills and an excellent communicator, able to prepare strategies, formal reports for members and presentations for colleagues and residents.

About us

Our ambitious leadership team and dedicated staff are working hard building a world class city for everyone. Oxford City Council has accelerated plans to build more affordable and council housing in the city. We provide services to help reduce inequality and improve the health and wellbeing of Oxford’s residents and are taking a lead on reducing emissions and increasing biodiversity to become a net carbon neutral city of the future.

We are a supportive and collaborative bunch of people working towards shared goals, where new ideas and initiatives are valued. We strive to deliver service excellence, take accountability for our actions and communicate with honestly and respect. There has never been a more exciting time to join us! Help us to build successful places in which to live and work and build a fairer, greener city in which everyone can thrive.

We offer generous holiday of 29 days a year with an additional 4 days after 5 years’ service and an excellent range of benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, payment of professional fees and subscriptions, Personal accident insurance, Travel loans, Travel to Work Discount Scheme, Eye care, Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Staff Offers Discount Scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme and discounts for Oxford attractions.

In addition, we are committed to supporting career development opportunities and learning and development.

How to apply

More information is available on the role profile document. Please read this document to ensure that you meet our requirements. More information about working for the Council, our values and vision, is available on our web site.