Property Negotiator (Housing)

Vox Network Consultants
Role Purpose

To be responsible for negotiating and procurement of good quality accommodation of suitable type, size and location across the private sector both Temporary and Private Rented Sector Accommodation, including Private Sector Leasing (PSL); Private Managed Accommodation (PMA); Lewisham Letting Scheme (LLS); Nightly Paid (NP) for homeless households and prevention on behalf of Housing Needs and other Council departments to meet individual and business targets, raising early alerts on any procurement risks.

Responsibilities

• Actively market the various private sector accommodation procurement initiatives to landlords, letting agents, managed accommodation providers, portfolio landlords and developers using all available tools and methods of communication to meet individual, team and service procurement targets.
• Organise and/or participate in key stakeholder meetings, like Lewisham Landlords Day, landlord exhibitions, property auctions and other fora.
• Work with private sector landlords, letting agents, managing agents and other internal and external partners to identify, develop and implement a range of new initiatives to increase the supply of good quality accommodation within the private rented sector for households in housing need.
• Develop and maintain cutting edge advertising and marketing promotional materials for all private rented sector initiatives, continually assessing their impact and reviewing as necessary.
• Signpost inexperienced landlords to existing support services, like the National Landlords Association and the London Landlords Accreditation Scheme.

Requirements

• Experience of working locally and of local agencies and key landlords
• Previous experience working with councils or housing associations
• Experience of working effectively with private sector landlords and/or within a homelessness context.
• Experience of successfully developing initiatives and schemes to provide housing opportunities for people in housing need

Contract

• Initial 3 month contract with the opportunity to extend
• Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
• PAYE via Umbrella

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