Join Cairn Housing Association
At Cairn Housing Association, we’re passionate about creating great homes, delivering great services and offering
great opportunities for our people.
We are currently looking for a Housing Officer to deliver a high‑quality, customer‑focused housing service in line
with the Scottish Social Housing Charter. The post holder will based in our Tenancy South Team and will manage a
designated patch. They will also be expected to work flexibly across tenancy management, income recovery, and
independent living support. The post holder will support customers to sustain their homes, promote safe and
thriving communities, and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Do:
Principle Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Manage a designated patch, delivering effective tenancy and neighbourhood management services.
- Oversee
the allocation and letting of homes, including viewings, tenancy sign-ups, settling-in visits, and liaison with
Property Services to minimise void periods and ensure re-let standards are met.
- Administer all aspects
of the tenancy lifecycle, including tenancy creation and termination, assignments, successions, subletting and
lodger requests, in accordance with policy and legislation.
- Undertake tenancy visits, estate
inspections, property checks and neighbourhood walkabouts, addressing environmental concerns and local community
priorities.
- Promote sustainable tenancies through early intervention, customer support, partnership
working and appropriate referrals to internal and external agencies.
- Investigate and resolve anti-social
behaviour, neighbour disputes and community safety issues, using informal interventions and formal enforcement
action where necessary.
- Prepare, submit and present cases for court action, including eviction
proceedings where necessary, maintaining accurate records and evidencing compliance with legal
requirements.
- Identify, respond to and escalate safeguarding concerns in line with organisational
policies and statutory responsibilities.
- Maintain accurate records and manage a caseload effectively,
ensuring timely progression of actions, compliance with procedures and a positive customer
experience.
- For full details, please download the job description from our website.
Requirements – What We’re Looking For:
- Educated to HND level or other relevant professional qualifications with substantial experience within a housing
role or similar role delivering a customer focused service.
- Significant Line management/supervisory
experience.
- Knowledge of the social housing sector with detailed understanding of housing legislation
and best practice guidance.
- Detailed understanding of Welfare Benefits and their interaction within the
Social Housing sector.
- Access to transport to travel between locations is required for this
role.
- Disclosure Scotland and Right to Work checks are mandatory for this role
Employee Benefits: Why Join Cairn?
We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive. Here’s what you can expect:
- Flexible and hybrid working options.
- Health and wellbeing support.
- Tech and cycle-to-work
schemes.
- Compassionate leave and more.
We value diversity and warmly welcome applications from all communities. Cairn is proud to be an equal opportunities
employer.