Specialist Housing Officer

We’re looking for a Specialist Housing Officer to join our Care & Support team at Peabody. In this role, you’ll deliver a high-quality housing management service to customers living in our accommodation-based Care & Support schemes, helping them maintain their tenancy and live happily in their homes.

What you’ll do:
You’ll manage a designated patch, ensuring properties and estates are well maintained, tenancy conditions are adhered to, and customers receive excellent service. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you’ll resolve tenancy issues, oversee estate services, and support customers with repairs and allocations. Initially, you’ll work with Young People Services (YPS), and later you’ll also be involved in Mental Health and Disabilities.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in housing management, including tenancy enforcement and estate services.
• Sound knowledge of housing legislation and best practice for rented, care & supported housing.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle as your patches will cover the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire area.
• To be comfortable with lone working and willing to be on call when needed.

Please note an enhanced DBS check will be done before a start date can be confirmed.

Why Join Us?
When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.

What We Offer

• 30 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays
• two additional paid volunteering days each year
• flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
• 4 x salary life assurance
• up to 10% pension contribution

Please read before applying:

• You must have the right to work in the UK; we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
• We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

If this sounds like we are right for you and you’d love to be part of Peabody, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role.

Interviews will be taking place on Teams between Monday 16th February and Thursday 19th February 2026.

If you have any questions about this role, please email Talent Specialist, Tanisha at tanisha.johnson@peabody.org.uk