Rent Account Manager

Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Grade F - £30,296 to £33,024 per annum
Location:?Harvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 3BB
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for? Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council? here .
About the Role
As a Rent Account Manager, you will possess the drive and commitment to help us offer our tenants excellent, customer-focused service and maximise rental income through detailed advice, support and assistance regarding rent arrears and welfare benefits.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
Experience in rent collection and pursuing rent arrears including a working knowledge of legal procedures related to rent arrears and other debt recovery
Knowledge of housing benefits and welfare benefits
Demonstrated capacity to effectively organise, use own initiative to prioritise workload to ensure that tasks are completed in an efficient and timely manner
Experience of working in a housing environment and an ability to learn
Must demonstrate an awareness and understanding of equality issues and a commitment to the implementation of NCCs Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy and objectives
Demonstrated self-motivation, and able to work with minimum of supervision.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the?

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Closing Date: 27 June 2024 (midnight)
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
Smart Working

to support your work life balance
Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and wed like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

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