Housing Strategy Officer at Civic… · Kingston…

5 Months Contract with a local authority

Umbrella Rate: £199.31 per hour/day umbrella

Summary

• We are seeking a professional to support the development, consultation, and delivery of the Housing Strategy, Supported Housing Strategy, and homelessness/rough sleeper action plans. You will work alongside officers and appointed consultants to ensure key strategy documents are delivered.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development, production, and implementation of housing-related strategies, sub-strategies, and action plans.
• Ensure homelessness prevention and affordable housing remain core strategic elements.
• Arrange and facilitate consultation sessions with a wide range of organisations, members, and residents.
• Lead the preparation of relevant reports and documents to facilitate consultation and Council decision-making processes.
• Collate, interpret, and report relevant data sets to develop required evidence bases for strategy delivery.
• Contribute to drafting action plans and arrange working groups/meetings to progress and monitor actions.
• Ensure public and website information is kept up to date.

Experience

• Experience in housing strategy development, homelessness prevention, or affordable housing initiatives.
• Experience arranging and facilitating consultations with stakeholders, public bodies, and residents.
• Proven track record of collating, interpreting, and reporting data to form evidence bases.

Additional Information

• Working hours: 21 hours per week.
• This is an onsite role in Kingston.
• Working pattern: typically 2 days in office, 1 day in office, will vary during statutory consultation period
• The role could extend to 6-9 months.
• We work on a biweekly payment schedule.