Tenancy Relations Officer Maternity Leave Cover

Sheffield City Council

  • Sheffield
  • £33,143-37,280 per year
  • Temporary
  • Full-time
  • 2 days ago
Tenancy Relations Officer Maternity Leave Cover Job descriptionAre you enthusiastic about working in a team dedicated to making the private rented sector in Sheffield safer and more secure, committed to upholding standards of management and regulation in the sector, with a keen interest in getting to grips with complex legal problems?We are looking to recruit a Tenancy Relations Officer to work within our Private Housing Standards team based at Solpro Business Park. This is a temporary role to cover maternity leave.You will join a team of experienced, supportive and motivated staff. You will advise landlords and tenants about occupancy rights and tenancy law and investigate allegations of harassment and unlawful eviction within the required criminal investigation frameworks. This is an especially challenging and exciting time to be involved in this area of work as during the lifetime of the post, it is expected that the Renters Rights Act will come into force, bringing a whole raft of new powers and enforcement duties.You will have:the ability to diagnose complex legal issues,
a knowledge of landlord -tenant law
excellent communication skills,
a commitment to investigate allegations thoroughly and impartially
the skills to deal with challenging and difficult situations calmy, sensitively but firmly and
· the ability to prioritise a busy workload.Proposed interview dates: 17 & 18 September.Contact details for informal enquiries:Dave Hickling Teams: 0114 474 2652;Samantha Green Teams: 0114 203 7098;It is a great time to join us, and we welcome your application.We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more here

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