Lettings Coordinator

Berneslai Homes has an exciting opportunity for a Lettings Coordinator to join their team based in Barnsley. You will be working on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £24,294 to £25,545 per annum.

About Us:

Berneslai Homes is a successful, award winning social housing provider and employer, managing homes on behalf of Barnsley Council. You’ll be joining us at a really exciting time as we’re on an ambitious transformation journey to make sure we have the right resources and people to fulfil our vision: Creating great homes and communities with the people of Barnsley.   

The Lettings Coordinator:  

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lettings Coordinator to join us! 

As a Lettings Coordinator, you’ll be part of a team where you’ll co-ordinate activities around the termination, advertisement, allocation of Berneslai Homes properties. This is a key role here at Berneslai, you’ll make decisions on property allocations in line with appropriate policies and procedures?and?enable tenancy sustainment by completing pre-tenancy checks prior to offers of properties being made. 

Are you able to work effectively as part of a team and have a positive attitude towards change? If so, you could be exactly who we’re looking for! ? ? ? 

Key duties and responsibilities of our Lettings Coordinator:?  

• Co-ordinate activities around the termination, advertisement, allocation of Berneslai Homes properties. 
• Ensure that terminations of properties are logged swiftly and accurately, where necessary contacting the outgoing tenant to obtain additional information. 
• Compile all information required to enable the accurate, thorough, and timely advertisement of properties. 
• Produce shortlists of applicants from the Housing Management System at the conclusion of property advert cycle. 
• Select appropriate applicant from shortlists in line with published policy and procedures, where necessary bypassing applicants assessed as unsuitable. 
• Complete pre tenancy checks on suitable applicants before formal offer of accommodation is made, where necessary referring to other internal or external departments to enable decision on suitability of offer. 
• Ensure re-offering of properties is completed without delay in the event of refusals. 
• Communicate effectively with applicants on offer during the void phase to ensure up to date with works progress and move in dates. 

What we’re looking for in our Lettings Coordinator: 

• 4 GCSEs Grade A to C or equivalent level qualification with relevant experience? 
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.? 
• Experience of working within a customer focused service 
• Ability to utilise Microsoft Office, i.e., Word, PowerPoint etc.? 
• Ability to look for solutions and opportunities in a changing environment. 
• Experience of working effectively on own initiative with minimum supervision 

What you might be asking is, why work for us?

We are proud to be an IIP Gold Accredited Organisation and we put our people first! By joining Berneslai Homes, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Agile Working Packages
• Excellent Pension Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Health & Wellbeing Checks
• Fantastic Training and Development Opportunities

Berneslai Homes values diversity in its workforce and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience required to become our Lettings Coordinator, please click ‘apply’ today. We would love to hear from you!