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Introduction

We are looking for an apprentice to join the busy Housing Register Assessment & Allocations team for a period of 18 months.

You should have passion and drive and be willing to learn quickly. There is currently an unprecedented demand on Housing Services and it is important that you will be able to prioritise your workload, carrying out essential administrative duties with ease.

What’s the role

We are the team that works on the following:

Managing the housing register
Managing the Council’s choice-based lettings scheme, Find Your Home, offering social housing
Providing a medical assessment service
Working in partnership with other housing providers and internal/external services

You will have the opportunity to work in various services within the team including projects around the housing register, housing initiatives, medical and lettings supporting our service users and partners.

If you’re passionate about working in an area where you can make a real difference to people’s lives we’d encourage you to apply. As well as gaining a qualification you will have the skills to work in an ever changing working environment with lots of scope for career progression.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

Generous holiday allowance
Local Government Pension scheme
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Season ticket and bicycle loans
A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

The successful candidate will be able to work collaboratively with members of the housing teams and other departments both internal and external to the Council. Most importantly, you will have the skills to positively engage with members of the public.

Location

The job is primarily based in Laurence House, but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.

Apprenticeship Guidance Notes

To be eligible for a position on the apprenticeship scheme you must:

Be over the age of 16 (there is no upper age limit)
Be a Lewisham borough resident (the electoral register will be used to verify this information)
Have full residency entitlement, there must be no restrictions on your status in the UK (all successful candidates will need to produce their passport once a job offer is made)
Applicants must complete all application questions to be considered for this role

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CV’s.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Nina.Morris@lewisham.gov.uk

Please click here to view the Job Description

Please click here to view the Application Questions

Salary

£27,010 per annum (LLW)

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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