Housing Options Officer
Location
Braintree, Essex
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 16, 2026
Housing Options Officer
Braintree | Hybrid (2-3 days per week)
Rate: £31.00 per hour (Umbrella)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Initial Contract Length: 3 months
Start Date: ASAP
Working Hours: 36 Hours a week
You will assess housing need, provide specialist housing options advice, and play a key role in preventing and relieving homelessness. The role focuses on delivering a frontline, customer-focused housing advice service to individuals and families experiencing housing difficulties.
Where prevention options have been exhausted, you will undertake statutory homelessness investigations under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended), ensuring legal duties are met and robust s184 decisions are issued within required timescales.
What you will do as a Housing Options Officer
·Provide a frontline housing advice and support service to customers across all tenures (in person and by telephone)
·Participate in the Housing Options duty r...
Braintree | Hybrid (2-3 days per week)
Rate: £31.00 per hour (Umbrella)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Initial Contract Length: 3 months
Start Date: ASAP
Working Hours: 36 Hours a week
You will assess housing need, provide specialist housing options advice, and play a key role in preventing and relieving homelessness. The role focuses on delivering a frontline, customer-focused housing advice service to individuals and families experiencing housing difficulties.
Where prevention options have been exhausted, you will undertake statutory homelessness investigations under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended), ensuring legal duties are met and robust s184 decisions are issued within required timescales.
What you will do as a Housing Options Officer
·Provide a frontline housing advice and support service to customers across all tenures (in person and by telephone)
·Participate in the Housing Options duty r...