Housing Worker

Number of Positions Available:

1

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- The Salvation Army is one of Australia’s largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.
Our Salvos Housing team currently have a Permanent Full Time opportunity for a Housing Worker / Property Manager to join their Barton, ACT office.

About the Role:
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Key Responsibilities:
Manage and Maintain Tenancies
- Ensuring that appropriate information is provide to tenants and that tenants are aware of their rights and responsibilities
- Ensuring that tenancies in the portfolio are managed and maintained, leases are up to date, properties are inspected and reviewed, and rent reviews managed
- Maintaining data for all tenants in accordance with Salvos Housing timelines, standards and procedures
- Addressing high risk situations involving tenants within required time frames, as per TSA and Salvos Housing policy and procedure
- Providing assistance to assess tenant issues, needs and circumstances

Contractor and Maintenance Management
- Arranging maintenance in line with Salvos Housing policy and procedures including obtaining quotes when necessary and in line with budget
- Maintaining a register of approved licensed contractors and choosing contractors from this register, unless an emergency dictates otherwise
- Ensure accurate and timely recording of all work orders and subsequent work completion on the tenancy and property management database
- Assisting in the preparation of annual budgets for property and maintenance expense

About you:

- Tertiary qualifications in Community Services or Equivalent
- Current Real Estate Qualifications or demonstrated experience of working in the real estate/community housing sector
- Sound knowledge of housing development within the social housing and community welfare sector will be highly regarded
- Experience in a similar role overseeing a diverse property portfolio
- Experience with general Community Housing issues, policies and procedures

Why work for us:

- Eligible employees can access NFP salary packaging
- Flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity for career development
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Internationally renowned not-for-profit organisation
- An inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate and professional team members
- Rare opportunity to work with passionate, like-minded people who enjoy being a part of an organization that makes a difference within the Australian community

How to Apply:

- The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. _
- We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. W_
- The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check._
- We are committed to providing a safe environment for our people. _
- Please note that The Salvation Army has a mandatory vaccination procedure._
- We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration_