Income Assistant

Discipline: Customer Experience & Support
Job type: Fixed Term
Salary: £26,250 pro-rata
Job ref: 003282
Published: 3 months ago

Part time, 20 hours per week

6 month FTC, with the potential to become permanent

Hybrid working - expected office days 1 day per week 

Job Description - Income Assistant

Raven is here to make a difference, working as a team to build homes and change lives. We’re also ambitious: a sector-leader in carbon reduction, with commercial ventures and a focus on the future.

Want to be part of this? We’re currently recruiting for an Income Assistant to join our Income team.

What you’ll achieve in the role:

The overall purpose of this role is to support the Income team by providing administrative duties,  providing support to Income team colleagues to manage issues relating to rent and arrears, and to take ownership of low-level arrears cases and garage arrears.

Key responsibilities include:

  • To support the Income Officers in managing issues relating to rent and arrears, helping customers to sustain their tenancies.

  • Provide administrative support for the Income Team by organising eviction prevention appointments, sending court letters, scanning incoming letters, and sending early intervention and ad-hoc communication to customers (amongst other things).

  • Provide administrative support for the Income Team by monitoring incoming team emails and tasks and passing these onto the relevant team member.

  • Manage a portfolio of low-level garage arrears cases to ensure cases are consistently reducing; proactively contacting customers and complying with arrears processes and procedures to apply a consistent approach to arrears management.

What you’ll bring to Raven:

For this role, we are looking for someone with the following:

  • Strong communication skills, both written & verbal, with the ability to adapt communication style and tone.

  • Strong IT skills, including use of Outlook, Office 365, and other systems.

  • Experience in a customer facing role delivering excellent customer service

  • Previous experience of providing administrative support.

You will also share our values: earning trust by being open and accountable, listening with an open mind, working collaboratively, and caring about making things better.

DBS clearance will be required for this role.

Vacancy Close Date: 21st October 2024

What Raven will offer in return:

To create a great experience for our customers, we need to create a great experience for one another. What Raven offers goes beyond the ordinary, giving you the opportunity to join a community of people who share the same values and are passionate about making a difference.

Our reward package includes:

  • Competitive salaries

  • Fantastic work/life balance with flexible working and generous leave entitlement

  • Strong focus on learning and development, with opportunities to grow your skills and career

  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

  • Funded health cash plan

  • Extensive wellbeing support

  • Voucher-based recognition scheme

  • Retail discounts

Raven are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications form all candidates, including minority ethnics, the LGBQT+ community, people with disabilities and long-term health conditions, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. All data collected is anonymous and has zero bearing on your application. If there is anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know at recruitment@ravenht.org.uk or 0300 123 3399.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. If you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description for this position and would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application, email recruitment@ravenht.org.uk or phone us on 0300 123 3399.