Housing Technical Support Officer

Housing Technical Support Officer (Temporary)

Location: Maidenhead, SL6 (Hybrid – 1 day per week in office)Rate: £15.66 PAYE / £19.79 Umbrella per hourContract:

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• 1 x 12-month contract
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• 1 x 3-month contract (with potential extension)Hours: Full-timeStart: Immediate
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About the Role

We are seeking two Housing Technical Support Officers to provide essential administrative and technical support across Housing and Public Protection Services. This includes supporting teams within:

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• Environmental Health (Residential Services, Environmental Protection, Commercial Services)
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• Trading Standards
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• Community Safety
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This is a varied and fast-paced role where you will play a key part in ensuring efficient service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

You will be part of a busy technical admin team supporting the housing service, with duties including:

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• Raising and processing invoices
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• Managing utility bills
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• Raising purchase orders (POs)
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• Providing administrative support to Environmental Health Officers
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• Processing food registration applications
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• Supporting Trading Standards activities
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• Managing shared mailboxes (team of 4 managing 9 mailboxes)
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• Conducting Land Registry searches
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• Investigating and resolving queries effectively
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• Using systems and tools to handle issues appropriately (e.g. differentiating between residential and public area cases)
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About You

We are looking for candidates who are:

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• Highly organised with strong administrative skills
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• Comfortable handling high volumes of work across multiple tasks
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• Proactive problem-solvers with good attention to detail
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• Able to work effectively within a team and independently
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• Confident managing shared inboxes and prioritising workloads
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Desirable:

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• Experience within a local authority or public sector environment
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  Familiarity with housing, environmental health or regulatory services

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Candidates without local authority experience will still be considered if they have relevant transferable skills and a genuine interest in working within a council environment. We encourage applicants to research the services prior to interview.

Additional Information

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• Hybrid working (1 day per week in the office)
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• Microsoft Teams interviews
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• Free on-site parking (permit provided)
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• Immediate start available
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Apply Now

If you're looking for a dynamic administrative role within a supportive team and want to make a difference in local public services, we’d love to hear from you.