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Salary: 32,000 per annum plus annual bonus

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (some evenings and weekends required) 08:30-17:00 standard hours

Location: Frettenham, nr Norwich. Some travel required.

Please submit a 1 page cover letter and a 2 page CV if you are interested in this role.

This role is engagement focused supporting a key contract in Norfolk, but has responsibilities for 3 other contracts across the Midlands and North West, so it is best suited to someone who is willing to travel occasionally.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take care of its resources, and make it a better place for everyone to thrive. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

This is an excellent Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) opportunity for someone who can demonstrate great project management skills, alongside a passion for sustainability and community engagement, and a real desire to deliver social value.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture. So whether you are an experienced manager looking for a new opportunity, or you're a lead officer interested in taking your first step into management, we want to hear from you.

What we can offer you:

• Salary range starts at 32,000 pa, and is dependent on experience

• Eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 15% salary

• Car or allowance 4800 per annum

• 25 days of annual leave

• Access to our company pension scheme

• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to

• One day's paid leave every year to volunteer and support your community

• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers

• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

As a Communication and Engagement Lead you will develop and deliver community engagement and service improvement projects across Essex and North Hertfordshire, changing resident behaviours to reduce waste and increase recycling, ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard, demonstrate measurable results and meet agreed timelines. The Local ECO Lead will be supported by an Area ECO Manager, sharing best practice and expertise with colleagues across a fantastic, award winning national ECO team.

• Build strong relationships with our client (Broadland District Council) and Veolia colleagues across all 4 contracts, quickly responding to queries and providing solutions to maintain a high standard of service.

• Support the Veolia Broadland team and provide occasional ECO support to 3 further contracts (Wyre, Chesterfield and Stafford) as needed.

• Drive the ECO performance of the contracts through effective project planning, and a bespoke community engagement approach

• Deliver a programme of strategic social value initiatives across local employment, community and staff engagement, and our funding programme for local communities.

• Identify good news stories and feed them to the regional external engagement team, as well as working closely with this team to showcase our expertise in behaviour change and social value delivery across digital channels and press.

• Work closely with the Veolia senior team to develop and deliver internal communications campaigns.

• Responsibility for the 'business as usual' outputs of the team, including management of the contract ECO team budget.

If you love developing relationships, delivering social value, and engaging with residents, local authorities and frontline teams, then this is the role for you.

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• Project development and management.

• Budget management

• Experience delivering behaviour change and/or community engagement techniques and analysing results.

• Superb written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.

• Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships.

• A passion for sustainability and the environment.

Desirable:

• Recycling & Waste Industry knowledge.

• Understanding or experience of working with local authorities.

• Understanding of the social value sphere

• Experience of visual and textual content production across multiple formats.

• Advanced understanding of data management and analysis.

• Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.

We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.

We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Local Housing Officer

• Location: Brent
• Salary: 29.12 per hour (Umbrella)
• Job Type: Full-time / temp rolling contract

We are seeking a dedicated Local Housing Officer to join our team. The role involves managing and coordinating housing and estate services within a specific area, ensuring high-quality service delivery that meets the diverse needs of our customers.

Day to Day of the role:

• Manage and coordinate housing and estate services within a defined geographical area.
• Be accountable and customer-facing, representing our values across all tenures.
• Coordinate internal and external services to meet the diverse needs of our customers.
• Deliver services that meet individual and local needs to a high standard.
• Participate in local initiatives to support community projects, which may occasionally involve weekend work.
• Seek continuous improvement in service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Manage relationships with the Local Authority and other Housing Association partners.
• Act as the point of contact for customer complaints, estate services, tenancy management, tenancy enforcement, and lettings management.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Essential car user (driving licence and own vehicle)
• Proven experience in a social housing setting.
• Good working knowledge of housing practice, housing law, and service charge management principles.
• Demonstrable values of care, dare, and collaboration.
• Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment.
• Strong collaboration, networking, and team-playing skills.
• Experience dealing with customers from diverse backgrounds with complex or challenging needs.
• Excellent administration skills and the ability to analyse customer feedback for service improvements.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in writing, reporting, and numeracy.
• Experience in customer service both face-to-face and via phone or written correspondence.
• Ability to self-manage a varied and demanding workload, prioritising and organising effectively.
• Innovative, empathetic, passionate, and a self-starter who isn't afraid of challenges.
• Ability to manage and report on projects against agreed targets.
• Proficiency in office management, including inbox and key management.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as required.

To apply for the Local Housing Manager position, please submit your CV for review

Ready to find the right role for you?

Salary: 32,000 per annum plus annual bonus

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (some evenings and weekends required) 08:30-17:00 standard hours

Location: Frettenham, nr Norwich. Some travel required.

Please submit a 1 page cover letter and a 2 page CV if you are interested in this role.

This role is engagement focused supporting a key contract in Norfolk, but has responsibilities for 3 other contracts across the Midlands and North West, so it is best suited to someone who is willing to travel occasionally.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take care of its resources, and make it a better place for everyone to thrive. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

This is an excellent Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) opportunity for someone who can demonstrate great project management skills, alongside a passion for sustainability and community engagement, and a real desire to deliver social value.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture. So whether you are an experienced manager looking for a new opportunity, or you're a lead officer interested in taking your first step into management, we want to hear from you.

What we can offer you:

• Salary range starts at 32,000 pa, and is dependent on experience

• Eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 15% salary

• Car or allowance 4800 per annum

• 25 days of annual leave

• Access to our company pension scheme

• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to

• One day's paid leave every year to volunteer and support your community

• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers

• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

As a Communication and Engagement Lead you will develop and deliver community engagement and service improvement projects across Essex and North Hertfordshire, changing resident behaviours to reduce waste and increase recycling, ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard, demonstrate measurable results and meet agreed timelines. The Local ECO Lead will be supported by an Area ECO Manager, sharing best practice and expertise with colleagues across a fantastic, award winning national ECO team.

• Build strong relationships with our client (Broadland District Council) and Veolia colleagues across all 4 contracts, quickly responding to queries and providing solutions to maintain a high standard of service.

• Support the Veolia Broadland team and provide occasional ECO support to 3 further contracts (Wyre, Chesterfield and Stafford) as needed.

• Drive the ECO performance of the contracts through effective project planning, and a bespoke community engagement approach

• Deliver a programme of strategic social value initiatives across local employment, community and staff engagement, and our funding programme for local communities.

• Identify good news stories and feed them to the regional external engagement team, as well as working closely with this team to showcase our expertise in behaviour change and social value delivery across digital channels and press.

• Work closely with the Veolia senior team to develop and deliver internal communications campaigns.

• Responsibility for the 'business as usual' outputs of the team, including management of the contract ECO team budget.

If you love developing relationships, delivering social value, and engaging with residents, local authorities and frontline teams, then this is the role for you.

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• Project development and management.

• Budget management

• Experience delivering behaviour change and/or community engagement techniques and analysing results.

• Superb written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.

• Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships.

• A passion for sustainability and the environment.

Desirable:

• Recycling & Waste Industry knowledge.

• Understanding or experience of working with local authorities.

• Understanding of the social value sphere

• Experience of visual and textual content production across multiple formats.

• Advanced understanding of data management and analysis.

• Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.

We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.

We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Summary

Alvarium Talent is partnering with a highly agile, independent consultancy and certified B Corp, recognized every year since 2020 by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies. Renowned for the trust they build with clients and partners, this consultancy works closely with the public sector to create better places for the people who live, work, and learn in them.

They work in partnership with the public sector to make places better for the people that live, work, and learn in them. Housing and regeneration are a major focus of this work, supporting clients to deliver new homes, improve placemaking, and support communities.

Integrity, inclusivity, social and environmental awareness are at the heart of what they do, and they collaborate with their clients to deliver sustainable change, meaningful impact, and better outcomes.

Our client works across Local & Central Government, Housing & Development, Education, Health & Social Care and Blue Light Services.

Their services in these sectors typically take the shape of:

• Placemaking & Regeneration
• Finance & Assets
• Procurement & Partnerships
• Strategy & Transformation
• People & Change
• Customer, Digital & Technology
• Business Cases

About You

If you are values-driven, ambitious, and passionate about public sector impact, you’ll thrive here.

Our client hire the person first, experience second, shaping the role around the individual. They recognise that every candidate’s experiences and background will be different and value a broad, diverse range of perspectives.

You may have:

• Three to five years (or more) of experience in property, regeneration, housing, or development services
• A professional background in property, urban planning, development, real estate, or regeneration, ideally with experience working for or alongside local government
• MRCIS or RTPI qualifications (desirable but not essential)
• Proven experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously, including monitoring timelines, budgets, and key risks
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in writing feasibility studies and business cases
• Competence in conducting and reviewing development appraisals
• Strong ability to engage effectively with clients, teams, and stakeholders, either in a leadership role or as part of a collaborative team
• Capacity to work independently, self-manage time and resources, and take initiative
• Experience supporting business development activities, including preparing proposals, creating case studies, and contributing to marketing materials
• A demonstrable commitment to enhancing public sector and local government services

The Role

We are looking for candidates interested in helping design and deliver services that support local government in:

• Developing places and securing future housing through strategic decision-making, option appraisals, feasibility studies, robust business cases, and accessing regional or government funding; as well as targeted projects such as high street revitalization
• Delivering effective planning, development management, development viability, programme management, and project management
• Establishing real or virtual funds to drive economic growth, recovery, and other strategic objectives
• Generating sustainable long-term income or one-off receipts through optimized use of assets
• Identifying opportunities and evaluating options to drive regeneration, housing development, and growth ambitions
• Securing delivery expertise through complex, high-value procurement exercises
• Developing strategic approaches to securing investment through the creation of trading companies, joint ventures, and partnerships

Candidates are not expected to have experience in all of these areas. In fact, the consultancy values focused expertise with strong evidence of success in some key areas over broad but shallow experience.

Additional Details

The office is located in London Bridge, with a hybrid working model that offers flexibility to work from home or the office, as well as travel to client sites when required.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available. The consultancy is an inclusive employer and will provide adjustments to support applications where needed, including alternative formats or accessibility accommodations. They also participate in the Disability Confident Scheme.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexi bank holidays – the option to substitute religious holidays for a date that is meaningful to you
• The option to purchase up to 5 additional annual leave days (per year)
• Annual performance-based bonus (discretionary)
• Matched pension up to 6% of gross salary
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave
• Work-life balance – they recognise that everyone has interests and commitments outside of their work, so flexible working arrangements are actively supported
• A friendly and supportive working environment with regular opportunities for collaboration, team socials and modern offices with excellent facilities
• Annual team summer away day and Christmas party
• Opportunities to get involved in their social value programme of volunteering and pro-bono support to causes that align with their mission
• Private healthcare package with the ability to add family members
• Continuous opportunities for career development and training, including support to pursue professional qualifications (that align to their work)
• Unlimited access to their online learning platform
• Salary sacrifice cycle-to-work and electric vehicle scheme

Summary

Alvarium Talent is partnering with a highly agile, independent consultancy and certified B Corp, recognized every year since 2020 by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies. Renowned for the trust they build with clients and partners, this consultancy works closely with the public sector to create better places for the people who live, work, and learn in them.

They work in partnership with the public sector to make places better for the people that live, work, and learn in them. Housing and regeneration are a major focus of this work, supporting clients to deliver new homes, improve placemaking, and support communities.

Integrity, inclusivity, social and environmental awareness are at the heart of what they do, and they collaborate with their clients to deliver sustainable change, meaningful impact, and better outcomes.

Our client works across Local & Central Government, Housing & Development, Education, Health & Social Care and Blue Light Services.

Their services in these sectors typically take the shape of:

• Placemaking & Regeneration
• Finance & Assets
• Procurement & Partnerships
• Strategy & Transformation
• People & Change
• Customer, Digital & Technology
• Business Cases

About You

If you are values-driven, ambitious, and passionate about public sector impact, you’ll thrive here.

Our client hire the person first, experience second, shaping the role around the individual. They recognise that every candidate’s experiences and background will be different and value a broad, diverse range of perspectives.

You may have:

• Three to five years (or more) of experience in property, regeneration, housing, or development services
• A professional background in property, urban planning, development, real estate, or regeneration, ideally with experience working for or alongside local government
• MRCIS or RTPI qualifications (desirable but not essential)
• Proven experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously, including monitoring timelines, budgets, and key risks
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in writing feasibility studies and business cases
• Competence in conducting and reviewing development appraisals
• Strong ability to engage effectively with clients, teams, and stakeholders, either in a leadership role or as part of a collaborative team
• Capacity to work independently, self-manage time and resources, and take initiative
• Experience supporting business development activities, including preparing proposals, creating case studies, and contributing to marketing materials
• A demonstrable commitment to enhancing public sector and local government services

The Role

We are looking for candidates interested in helping design and deliver services that support local government in:

• Developing places and securing future housing through strategic decision-making, option appraisals, feasibility studies, robust business cases, and accessing regional or government funding; as well as targeted projects such as high street revitalization
• Delivering effective planning, development management, development viability, programme management, and project management
• Establishing real or virtual funds to drive economic growth, recovery, and other strategic objectives
• Generating sustainable long-term income or one-off receipts through optimized use of assets
• Identifying opportunities and evaluating options to drive regeneration, housing development, and growth ambitions
• Securing delivery expertise through complex, high-value procurement exercises
• Developing strategic approaches to securing investment through the creation of trading companies, joint ventures, and partnerships

Candidates are not expected to have experience in all of these areas. In fact, the consultancy values focused expertise with strong evidence of success in some key areas over broad but shallow experience.

Additional Details

The office is located in London Bridge, with a hybrid working model that offers flexibility to work from home or the office, as well as travel to client sites when required.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available. The consultancy is an inclusive employer and will provide adjustments to support applications where needed, including alternative formats or accessibility accommodations. They also participate in the Disability Confident Scheme.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexi bank holidays – the option to substitute religious holidays for a date that is meaningful to you
• The option to purchase up to 5 additional annual leave days (per year)
• Annual performance-based bonus (discretionary)
• Matched pension up to 6% of gross salary
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave
• Work-life balance – they recognise that everyone has interests and commitments outside of their work, so flexible working arrangements are actively supported
• A friendly and supportive working environment with regular opportunities for collaboration, team socials and modern offices with excellent facilities
• Annual team summer away day and Christmas party
• Opportunities to get involved in their social value programme of volunteering and pro-bono support to causes that align with their mission
• Private healthcare package with the ability to add family members
• Continuous opportunities for career development and training, including support to pursue professional qualifications (that align to their work)
• Unlimited access to their online learning platform
• Salary sacrifice cycle-to-work and electric vehicle scheme