The Strategic Housing and Investment Team are responsible for overseeing Sefton’s strategic housing function, including homelessness commissioning, social housing allocations, social housing growth, and housing led regeneration.

Job requirements:

Working as part of a small team in this role you will take responsibility for homeless commissioning and strategy, the rough sleeper outreach service, and management of social housing allocations, including managing the choice-based allocation system, Property Pool Plus, in the borough.

The post holder will play a leading role in delivering the initiatives outlined in our recently adopted Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy, working with commissioned external providers, internal stakeholders and the Liverpool City Combined Authority to reduce the instances of homelessness and rough sleeping in the borough.

In addition, the post holder will ensure that our social housing allocations service is delivered in accordance with our adopted policy, and that the highest standards of customer service are applied to the administration of the service via an external provider. The post holder will play a leading role at a sub-regional level with the other authorities who also operate Property Pool Plus.

Closing Date 9^th July 2025.

Provisional interview date: week commencing 28th July 2025

Equal Opportunities

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.