Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Phone Number: 03448920900
Email: recruit@nihe.gov.uk
Web: https://www.nihe.gov.uk/working-with-us/careers

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for leading out on community involvement key business activities. Community involvement and tenant participation is a core function within the Housing Executive, engaging, enabling and empowering our communities; ensuring local communities are more involved, better informed and can contribute to enhanced decision-making in relation to housing policy and how it affects them. Community involvement and tenant participation helps us to understand our tenants’ circumstances and the lived experience better and empowers us to take a proactive approach to problem solving.

Responsibilities

• The Principal Officer will be responsible for leading and delivering Community Involvement service key business activities and will adopt a project management approach for a range of support etc.
• Managing the delivery of the Community Involvement service key business activities and support the development and implementation of the Community Involvement and Cohesion Strategy and annual action plans.
• Managing Community Involvement funding agreements.
• Conducting cyclical reviews of the arrangements and developing options for future community involvement service delivery.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Hold a degree level qualification (level 6) or equivalent and have a minimum of at least 3 years relevant experience
• OR Hold a level 5 qualification in Housing AND have a minimum of at least 3 years relevant experience
• OR Can demonstrate equivalent continuing professional development or experiential learning AND have a minimum of at least 5 years relevant experience.

Further Information

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