Grant Officer - Housing Improvements
Bootle, Sefton
Contract
£18.55 per hour
Our client is looking for an experienced Grant Officer - Housing Improvements.
This is a 36 hour post/5 day week. Main work base is Magdalen House, but mainly work from home with access to office etc
The successful applicant will be required to provide a Borough wide service to all our customers. Experience of working with older people and/or people with disabilities is desirable along with a genuine commitment to work to consistently high standards and provide a quality service at all times. Communicate with a wide and varied customer base. Internal and external liaison with the various parties involved in delivering this key customer service. We are looking for a highly organised individual with a strong customer focus.
You must have the ability to demonstrate a knowledge of the following;
- Welfare rights/Benefits
- Financial assessments
- Sefton's Disabled Facilities Grant/ loan conditions
- Systems, processes & procedures necessary to support a busy office
- Private sector housing programmes and disabled adaptations.
- Interrogation of IT systems/databases including Flare Database, and its related monitoring /reporting systems and Agresso.
Tasks you will be required to carry out include, but not restricted to, the following;
- Produce formal approval of Disabled Facilities Grant costs
- Produce Purchase Orders and Invoices
- Carry out Means Testing
- Initiate payments to contractors and other relevant bodies via Agresso
- Work on own initiative whilst managing own workload to ensure deadlines/targets are met.
- Dealing with legal enquiries in relation to grant loan repayments
- Dealing with all aspects of the administration of housing grants/loans process from receipt of the initial referral to completion of works.
PLEASE ONLY apply if you have the necessary skills, experience and expertise.
The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer