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Full Job Description
Annual salary: up to £36,414.00
Acquisition Officer
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Full Time, 18 month FTC, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
Salary up to £36,414 per annum plus company car or £4,000 car allowance
Mears provides temporary accommodation to service users whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.
About the Role:
As an Acquisition officer on the sign off team, you will be meeting landlords and agents at properties around the Aberdeen and the Aberdeenshire region and carry out initial inspections to confirm suitability for the asylum contract. You will also complete progress checks on the property to ensure works have commenced and provide target delivery dates, then you will attend the sign off appointment to officially sign the property off onto the scheme ensuring property meets all required standards. There will also be admin duties included within this role.
* Effective liaison and relationship building with landlords, agents, investors and other potential sources of property to maximise the property pipeline.
* Ensure initial enquiries are accurately collated, distributed and answered.
* Accurate reporting of existing and new acquisitions.
* Meet performance outcomes and targets on volume of properties leased and average lease price to satisfy the scheme requirements.
* Ensure good quality properties are acquired that meet the relevant standards.
* Ensure timely completion of administrative tasks to ensure accurate property pipeline information is provided to the Head of Acquisitions.
* Ensure all records and IT data on systems remains updated with accurate information to meet contractual requirements.
* Undertake ad-hoc projects and provide support and cover for colleagues and teams within Mears Housing Management.
* Ensure full compliance with Mears’s code of conduct, contractual terms and group policies & procedure
Role Criteria:
* Experience in property sales or lettings
* Experience in procuring social housing
* Health & Safety regulations related to rented accommodation
* Knowledge and understanding of appropriate landlord, tenant, and housing law
* Knowledge around fire safety in rented accommodation or social housing
* Excellent written and verbal communicating skills
* Excellent negotiation and organisational skills
* Computer literate
* Full UK driving license.
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Benefits we can offer you
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
* Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
* Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
* Family friendly policies
* Company car and fuel card
As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS & BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Beth Dunford (beth.dunford@mearsgroup.co.uk)
Mears Group is a disability confident employer and recognise our people as our greatest asset, we Hire Individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your license over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.
Acquisition Officer
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Full Time, 18 month FTC, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
Salary up to £36,414 per annum plus company car or £4,000 car allowance
Mears provides temporary accommodation to service users whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.
About the Role:
As an Acquisition officer on the sign off team, you will be meeting landlords and agents at properties around the Aberdeen and the Aberdeenshire region and carry out initial inspections to confirm suitability for the asylum contract. You will also complete progress checks on the property to ensure works have commenced and provide target delivery dates, then you will attend the sign off appointment to officially sign the property off onto the scheme ensuring property meets all required standards. There will also be admin duties included within this role.
* Effective liaison and relationship building with landlords, agents, investors and other potential sources of property to maximise the property pipeline.
* Ensure initial enquiries are accurately collated, distributed and answered.
* Accurate reporting of existing and new acquisitions.
* Meet performance outcomes and targets on volume of properties leased and average lease price to satisfy the scheme requirements.
* Ensure good quality properties are acquired that meet the relevant standards.
* Ensure timely completion of administrative tasks to ensure accurate property pipeline information is provided to the Head of Acquisitions.
* Ensure all records and IT data on systems remains updated with accurate information to meet contractual requirements.
* Undertake ad-hoc projects and provide support and cover for colleagues and teams within Mears Housing Management.
* Ensure full compliance with Mears’s code of conduct, contractual terms and group policies & procedure
Role Criteria:
* Experience in property sales or lettings
* Experience in procuring social housing
* Health & Safety regulations related to rented accommodation
* Knowledge and understanding of appropriate landlord, tenant, and housing law
* Knowledge around fire safety in rented accommodation or social housing
* Excellent written and verbal communicating skills
* Excellent negotiation and organisational skills
* Computer literate
* Full UK driving license.
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Benefits we can offer you
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
* Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
* Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
* Family friendly policies
* Company car and fuel card
As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS & BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Beth Dunford (beth.dunford@mearsgroup.co.uk)
Mears Group is a disability confident employer and recognise our people as our greatest asset, we Hire Individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your license over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.
Direct job link
www.s1jobs.com/job/acquisition-officer-124721407
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