Prevention & Assessment Manager

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Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £51,356 (Level one) rising to £54,495 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Housing Solutions, Loxley House, Station Street, NG2 3NG

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals 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

The post holder will be a lead manager within the Councils Housing Solutions service, responsible for ensuring that a high quality housing advice service is provided to Nottingham citizens. You will manage the Prevention & Assessment Team, leading on homelessness prevention and housing advice services and will ensure the delivery homelessness and housing support needs assessments and the discharge of the City's homelessness assessment duties under the Housing Act 1996, Part 7 (as amended)

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience as a service leader in a complex organisation, with experience of managing multi-functional teams to deliver against outcomes, creating clear objectives and creating a culture of continuous improvement
• An ability to develop a culture of collaboration, with evidence of successfully fostering / harnessing partnerships across different sectors
• An ability to lead service through change, with experience of leading change programmes and identifying and delivering innovative service delivery models
• Experience of developing people and services/teams recognise, respect and value individual needs to achieve a culture of inclusivity.
• Comprehensive and up to date working knowledge and understanding of homelessness legislation & homelessness prevention initiatives
• Effective budget management through an understanding of the principles of financial management including preparation, monitoring and best value

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here.

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.

For informal enquiries please contact Debbie Richards, Assistant Director Housing Solutions, by email at debbie.richards@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026

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.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.