Bristol City Council’s Refugee Resettlement Team have two vacancies available for Housing Officers.

The team are specialists in working with families and single people who are refugees. Housing officers are responsible for working with Private Landlords across the city to secure accommodation for families and help them to sustain tenancies and gain independence.

The role is interesting and demanding, working face to face with a range of stakeholders including; clients, Landlords and contractors. The main purpose of the role is to secure accommodation and set up and manage tenancies.

In this role you will promote and provide advice and assistance; to prevent enable sustainable tenancies, you will advise on a range of housing solutions to landlords and tenants regarding their rights and responsibilities.

You must have excellent communication skills including negotiation and mediation skills and be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation. You will be communicating with people who have English as a second language.

You will also require excellent conciliation and mediation skills, to achieve effective understanding between groups with potentially conflicting objectives.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Abby Hanley on [email protected]

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young people who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.