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          <title><![CDATA[Housing and Property Management Apprentice x2 (HR-0126-26)]]></title>
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            <p id="isPasted"><strong>Housing Services Apprenticeship &ndash; West Lancashire Borough Council</strong></p><p>Are you passionate about helping people and interested in how social housing is managed and maintained? Join our Housing Services team as one of two apprentices and kickstart a rewarding career in social housing!</p><p><strong>What you&rsquo;ll do:</strong></p><ul type="disc"><li>Support teams in tenancy management, property letting, homelessness, rent collection, repairs, and more</li><li>Handle customer enquiries, visit properties, and help sustain tenancies</li><li>Gain hands-on experience across Neighbourhoods, Tenancy, and Property services</li></ul><p><strong>What we&rsquo;re looking for:</strong></p><ul type="disc"><li>Enthusiastic, customer-focused individuals</li><li>GCSEs in Maths &amp; English (Grade 4&ndash;9 / A&ndash;C) or willingness to complete Level 2 Functional Skills</li><li>Basic MS Office skills</li><li>Must have lived in the UK for the past 3 years and not be enrolled in other public-funded training</li></ul><p><strong>What we offer:</strong></p><ul type="disc"><li>24-month Level 3 Housing/Property Management Apprenticeship</li><li>Remote learning with study time included</li><li>Friendly work environment and strong development support</li><li>Potential for future employment&mdash;our last 3 apprentices secured permanent roles!</li></ul><p>Apply now and build a career that makes a difference in your community.</p>
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              Closing Date: 09 Aug 2026<br />
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              Team: Apprenticeship
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            <p>Salary: &#163;15,017 to &#163;23,858 per annum</p>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Data, Information &amp; Insight Assistant (HR-0079-26-R-R)]]></title>
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            <p id="isPasted">Are you detail-driven, customer-focused and passionate about using data to improve services? We&rsquo;re looking for a Data, Information &amp; Insight Assistant to play a key role in supporting Housing services through high-quality data, insight and information governance.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;In this role, you&rsquo;ll coordinate and respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) and Subject Access Requests (SARs), support compliance with GDPR and information governance requirements, and help turn data and customer insight into meaningful service improvements. You&rsquo;ll also act as a web champion, ensuring housing information is accurate, accessible and transparent.</p><p>We&rsquo;re looking for someone who:</p><ul><li>Has strong IT and data skills, with excellent attention to detail</li><li>Can analyse information, identify themes and challenge data quality</li><li>Communicates clearly and confidently with colleagues and customers</li><li>Understands (or is keen to develop) knowledge of information governance and data protection</li></ul><p>In return, we offer the opportunity to work in a collaborative, improvement-focused team where your work directly contributes to better housing services and an improved customer experience.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Apply now to be part of a service that puts evidence, transparency and customers first.</p>
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              Closing Date: 09 Aug 2026<br />
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              Team: Administrative
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            <p>Salary: &#163;26,403 to &#163;28,142 per annum</p>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Scheme Manager (HR-0120-26-R)]]></title>
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            <p id="isPasted"><strong><em>Are you&hellip;. </em></strong></p><p>- Looking for a new and exciting challenge?</p><p>- Passionate about providing great customer service?</p><p>- Self-motivated?</p><p>- Wanting to make a real difference?</p><p>&nbsp;<strong>If the answer to these questions is<em>&nbsp;&lsquo;Yes&rsquo;,</em> this could be the perfect opportunity for you.</strong></p><p>We are now looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated person to join our Independent Living team, someone who shares our commitment and motivation to make a difference. Ideally you will have experience of working with older people and understand their needs.</p><p>With constantly changing priorities you will be self-motivated, capable of working with minimal supervision and able to demonstrate a proven track record of dealing with customers, ideally in a social housing environment. You should be a great communicator with excellent IT skills, which you will need to help provide an excellent and efficient service.</p><p>In a busy and challenging environment, you will provide a range of housing support services that enable residents to remain living independently in their homes; and will link with local services to prevent social isolation and promote health and wellbeing.</p><p>We pride ourselves on our friendliness and being a good employer with a range of benefits and employment terms and conditions to suit you. A competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement, the opportunity for hybrid working, Local Government Pension Scheme, work life balance policies, and support for your personal development are just some of the benefits we offer.</p><p><strong>So, if you&rsquo;re looking for something new and challenging, we would love to hear from you.</strong></p>
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              Closing Date: 09 Aug 2026<br />
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              Team: Operational
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            <p>Salary: &#163;26,403 to &#163;28,142 per annum</p>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Housing Officer (HR-0121-26)]]></title>
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            <p id="isPasted">We are looking for three dedicated, customer-focused Housing Officers to join our Area Housing Teams. This is a highly visible, community-based role where you will take ownership of a patch of approximately 500&ndash;600 properties, working directly with tenants to create safe, sustainable, and thriving communities.</p><p>As a Housing Officer, you will be responsible for the full range of tenancy, housing, and estate management functions across your allocated area. You will support tenants throughout their tenancy journey, from sign-up through to tenancy termination, helping them understand their responsibilities while providing the support needed to sustain successful tenancies.</p><p>Working closely with colleagues, partner agencies, and residents, you will play a key role in maintaining neighbourhood standards, tackling tenancy breaches, supporting vulnerable households, and ensuring residents can access the services they need.</p><p>This is a rewarding front‑line role for someone who is resilient, organised and committed to making a positive difference to people&rsquo;s lives and communities.</p><p>This is not a desk-based position. You&#39;ll spend much of your time out on estates, conducting home visits, meeting residents face-to-face, inspecting neighbourhoods, and working proactively to resolve issues before they escalate. If you are passionate about supporting people, building strong communities, and delivering excellent housing management services, we&#39;d love to hear from you.</p>
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              Closing Date: 26 Jul 2026<br />
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              Team: Operational
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            <p>Salary: &#163;34,434 to &#163;36,363 per annum</p>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Compliance Delivery Officer (Asbestos) (HR-0082-26-R)]]></title>
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            <p id="isPasted"><strong>Your Role</strong></p><p>You will be joining a small friending team to ensure that legislative obligations are adhered to on WLBC&#39;s housing Stock and corporate buildings. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of our processes to oversee the smooth delivery of Asbestos Management. You will ideally have a strong background in the social housing sector although this is not essential but would be preferred. You will also be responsible for reviewing the Council&#39;s Policy and Procedures and updating the councils Asbestos Management Plan as and when required.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>About You!</strong></p><p>You will have strong analytical skills and have the ability to challenge using your technical knowledge. You will hold a BOSH P405 &amp; P402 accreditation. You will be efficient in planning and delivering work programmes and you will be the primary lead in overseeing day to day and responsive works. The successful candidate will have strong contact management experience and the ability to lead and build strong partnerships with internal teams, stakeholders and our residents.</p>
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              Closing Date: 26 Jul 2026<br />
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              Team: Operational
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            <p>Salary: &#163;44,075 to &#163;47,181 per annum</p>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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