Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) has worked to enable the development of high quality, purpose-built appartements for affordable rent for people aged 55+, in great locations, some with on-site support and care. CBC has also redeveloped premises that will be used for Supported Accommodation for customers aged 18 years upwards.

The roles are twofold with re-purposing of CBC accommodation as an ongoing project, and managing a Supported Housing scheme with direction from the Supported Accommodation managers.

Your role is firstly, to maximise the potential for these new schemes to meet the housing aspirations of council tenants aged 55+. You will do this by-:

* promoting knowledge about these new schemes using a range of channels and communication methods, in liaison with our comms team.

* acting as a point of contact for people expressing an interest in the new schemes.

* providing advice about affordability and income maximisation.

* enabling visits and viewings.

* liaising across operational teams to enable smooth, fast-tracked application, assessment and move-in processes, adding your capacity wherever its required.

In the course of this work, you will have lots of face-to-face and telephone contact with our tenants. As a representative of their landlord, you will need to be ready to listen as people talk about their wider housing concerns and aspirations, and you will liaise with operational teams in response to i...