Housing First Project Lead NCCHS

Role: Housing First Project Lead

Contract Type: Fixed term/secondment until 31st March 2027

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday between the hours of 8:00am-18.00pm on a rota basis.

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker - the post holder would be expected to be out visiting tenants and properties on a daily basis.

Salary: Grade H - £40,777 (level 1) rising to £44,075 (level 4) per annum

Location: Highwood House, NG3 4HD

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for a talented individual to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

As the Housing First Project Lead, you will provide a proactive, dedicated and intensive end-to-end casework management service to Housing First and Housing Led tenancies. These initiatives are where tenancies are allocated to individuals with multiple and complex needs who have histories of rough sleeping and cyclical homelessness and for whom the traditional supported accommodation system has not worked.

You’ll be responsible for the casework management of these tenancies and ensuring properties are suitable for the individual, drawing up Housing Management plans to prescribe how needs are to be met and robustly managing anti-social behaviour.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

1. Knowledge and understanding of the legal and statutory framework relating to housing services and anti-social behaviour.
2. Ability to make accurate and timely decisions while remaining calm under pressure and to maintain control of challenging situations.
3. A proven ability to positively represent the service by developing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external agencies.
4. Knowledge of Housing Benefit, Universal Credit and other welfare benefits in addition to working knowledge of legal procedures relating to rent arrears and other debt recovery.
5. Must be able to react and respond positively to change, be flexible and be prepared to work outside normal office hours according to the needs of the service and willing to work from other office locations as required.
6. Self-motivated and resilient with the ability to work proactively with minimum supervision.

You can find the job description for this post here.

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly how you meet the 6 requirements in your CV & supporting document.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

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Closing Date: 5th July 2026 (11:59pm) - Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interview date: 13th July 2026 – Please note, this is subject to change.

If you have any queries about the role or the recruitment process, please contact us via email: recruitment@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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