Overview

Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1BJ

We are pleased to announce an exciting permanent opportunity for the role of Marketing and Shortlisting Officer. This pivotal role is essential in our efforts to advertise and allocate available homes, ensuring that the letting process aligns seamlessly with Council and Lettings policies.

Responsibilities

As a Marketing and Shortlisting Officer, you will be responsible for advertising vacant homes for choice-based lettings. You will manage the end-to-end process of letting vacant dwellings, from shortlisting and allocation to ensuring efficient management of vacant properties, guaranteeing full compliance with Council policies and procedures.

Collaboration and Skills

You will work closely with Common Housing Register partners, registered providers, and local authorities to maximise housing opportunities. Our ideal candidate will be well-versed in Housing Legislation and Council Policy and can work both proactively and independently. Strong organisational skills, a keen understanding of the importance of deadlines, and proficiency in IT, particularly with NEC housing systems, are essential for success in this role.

Values

We are proud of our rich, diverse, and vibrant community, and our team is committed to promoting values of fairness and equality. The successful candidate will embody these principles in their work.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

Qualifications

For a confidential discussion, please contact the Team Principal - Marketing and Support Team, fathema.khatun@towerhamlets.gov.uk, if you have any questions about the application process.

How to Apply

Join us and be a part of a team dedicated to enhancing housing opportunities and supporting our diverse community.