Housing Allocations Officer

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Our client in the public sector in West Northamptonshire area  is seeking a Housing Allocations Officer with extensive expertise in housing allocations scheme.Location One Angel Square, Northampton Hybrid role, with 3 days office based and expectation to work from various office locations-Northampton, Towcester & DaventryDuration of assignment: 13 weeks with potential extensionWorking hours: Monday to Friday – 37 hoursRate: £25 per hour Umbrella / £19.23 per hour PAYEIR35 status: Inside IR35Ideal start date: ASAPJob description: • Training to develop detailed knowledge and understanding of the council’s new housing allocations scheme.• Training to develop good understanding and ability to use the new housing allocations ICT solution – Open Housing (Capita).• User acceptance training  tasks and test drills to test the new system and identify any faults for resolution.• Receiving applications to the Council’s housing register and assessing these against the new scheme to determine if applicants are eligible & qualify. to join the housing register and if they do what priority band they fit in.• Completing direct lets – matching applicants with available properties directly for a period of time while the new ICT is tested and launched.• Running shortlists once the new scheme and choice based lettings module is up & running to match highest priority applicants to the available. property• Uploading advert details of available properties – if necessaryThe majority of the work will be assessing housing applications as  all housing applicants are to re-apply so they can be assessed under the new scheme and inputted with clean data into the new ICT system.