Jobs at Derby Homes | Our current vacancies and how to apply
Organisation: Derby Homes
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Contract type: Temporary to 31/12/2024
Location: Derby Homes
The post of Welfare Rights Officer (Macmillan) is a varied and challenging role. This post has been funded by Macmillan cancer care to provide specialist welfare rights advice to residents of Derby who have received a cancer diagnosis.
The project has been running successfully for 7 years and has received extension funding on a number of occasions.
Our ideal candidate would be someone who wants to help vulnerable people. Experience of giving welfare rights advice is essential, as is experience of maintaining case management systems and meeting targets.
Does this sound like a role you may interested in? If so, then we'd very much like to receive an application from you.
Derby Homes has a national reputation for its excellent services which we know are down to our valued workforce. In return for their hard work we strive to be an employer of choice. We have a range of excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working, work life balance, local government pension scheme, employee health initiatives and green travel options.
Please use the links below to download supporting information. Before you fill in the application form please read the guidelines on filling in the application form
Job description
Person specification
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We are an equal opportunities employer so please inform us of any individual requirements you may have during the recruitment process.
The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 18th June 2023 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews shall be held on the Tuesday 27th June 2023. If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date.
Please note that we do not accept CVs or use recruitment agencies.
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Derby Homes, London Road Depot
Derby Homes is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Electrical Working Supervisor to help strengthen the electrical team.
You will be part of a team responsible for the Electrical Servicing and Electrical Upgrade work across the city.
Core duties will include:
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication, organisation and customer service skills in order to deliver the high standard of service our customers have come to expect.
All new Trade Operative posts from February 2018 are to be clean shaven with the exception of faith or religious beliefs which require the individual to have facial hair or prevent shaving OR employee has a skin condition or other medical reason why they cannot shave.
Please ensure that you satisfy all of the essential criteria specified in the Person Specification.
The closing date for this vacancy is 11th June 2023 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.
If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date. Please note that we do not accept CVs or use recruitment agencies.
Contract type: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract or Secondment Opportunity will be considered
Do you have an eye for detail and a determination to fact find and resolve queries? Are you confident using Excel and Word? We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with a flair for figures to join our Rental Control Team. You will become part of a team that maintain our customer’s accounts, ensuring all charges, payments and adjustments are correctly allocated on time to meet strict deadlines.
This role provides clerical support to the team and deals with amending accounts, resolving payment queries, and assisting with the calculation of Direct Debits.
If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date.
Department: Derby Homes
Location: Various local housing offices throughout the city
This is a housing management officer role, you will primarily be dealing with managing our tenancies and helping to resolve tenancy related issues by working closely with our customers.
You will also be ensuring that the estates that our customers live on are presentable, safe and remain a nice place to live. Working in Housing you will learn how to help people in so many ways, this is the perfect start to a housing management career. This role is varied, interesting and rewarding. We want applications from ambitious but caring people who want to make a difference and deliver a great service to our customers.
The successful applicant will be expected to:
Derby Homes has a national reputation for its excellent services which we know are down to our valued workforce. In return for their hard work, we strive to be an employer of choice. We have a range of excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working, work life balance, local government pension scheme, employee health initiatives and green travel options.
Please use the links below to download supporting information. Before you fill in the application form, please read the guidelines on filling in the application form
The closing date for this vacancy is 18 June 2023 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews are being held on 26 June 2023 at the Sussex Circus Housing Office. If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date.
Hours: 37 Hours per week
Derby Homes are an organisation owned by Derby City Council to manage and maintain 12,500 homes owned by the Council.
Information Technology sits at the heart of our organisation and is the key to our high performing services and high levels of customer satisfaction.
We are undertaking several major IT and data-led projects across the organisation, including the upgrading and continuous development of our management and maintenance systems, implementation of mobile working across the business and analytical projects enhancing our reporting abilities.
To support this work, we are looking for a skilled and passionate individual to provide effective business and data analysis. The work will be wide ranging, and you will work with professionals from across the organisation in a stimulating and fact paced environment.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to showcase their business and data analytical skills in the delivery of a wide range of projects such as the introduction of new systems, customisation of existing systems, the development of customised reports, data interrogation and analysis, and data conversion and migration activities. You will also be asked to support business and system analysis in developing a corporate approach to business process engineering. Existing experience with SSRS, or SQL in general, is advantageous.
If you are a 'can-do' person, who is passionate about meaningful and accurate reporting you might well be the person we are looking for. You will need good analytical skills, and to be able to work to tight timescales and effectively manage your own workload. This role would suit an existing Business Analyst, Data Analyst, or an aspiring Analyst with transferrable skills. You don’t need to be an expert in social housing – we can teach you that.
Working with a wide range of stakeholders, including Senior Managers, Housing colleagues and partners, you will use your data-led insight to identify, implement and monitor business outcomes. You will also help deliver IT projects and be required to respond consistently and accurately to ad-hoc requests for data.
Contract type: Fixed Term until 10 July 2024
Location: Home / Office and visiting properties/customers
Do you enjoy working in a busy, challenging but rewarding setting?
You will be part of a team within Housing Options that manages emergency temporary accommodation on behalf of the City Council.
You will need to work proactively with colleagues, partner agencies, tenants and any customer accommodated in Emergency Bed and Breakfast / Self contained / Temporary accommodation.
We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic team player who is committed to delivering a high quality customer service.
If you would like to know more please look on www.derbyhomes.org or contact Trisha Hatton on 01332 640110
The closing date for this vacancy is 18th June 2023 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Hours: 20 hours a week
Location: Eaton Court
Derby Homes are looking for someone to join us in the role of Concierge at Eaton Court. Eaton Court is a small residential complex of shared ownership properties and social housing. The Concierge provides an on-site presence for residents, providing some low level support, and managing building safety and compliance. This exciting role would suit applicants who have a background in providing support to people.
The closing date for this vacancy is 6 June 2023 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.
If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date. Interviews are being held on 12 June 2023 at Stockbrook Street Housing Office.
Location: Derby
The Planned Maintenance Team are looking for a Senior Maintenance Surveyor to supervise and manage contracts to deliver the Capital Programme. Candidates must have experience of all maintenance work and project managing contracts.
The role will provide an enhanced level of technical expertise within the Team to include surveying of properties, preparation of specifications and schedules of works with a particular focus on major building works for adaptations and refurbishment. The role will carry out and oversee the procurement of works and project manage works in progress.
The closing date for this vacancy is 9th June 2023 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.