Do you want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Queenslanders every day?
At the Department of Housing and Public Works, we are dedicated to delivering housing and homelessness services that empower lives, build sustainable communities and provide real support to diverse customer groups. Right now, we’re looking for passionate, skilled and community-minded professionals to join our Housing Service Centre team as a Senior Housing Officer.
Field work is a regular requirement of this role. Conditions in the field are changeable and can be volatile, requiring varying degrees of vigilance and management of risk.
What you will be doing:
- Approve high and very high need social housing applications and transfers, and quality assuring application assessments.
- Develop effective professional relationships with stakeholders to improve customer outcomes and processes and manage formal internal and external complaints and facilitating resolutions.
- Represent the department in appeals and attending the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
- Supervise team activities and exercising delegation as required, including monitoring performance, workload management, addressing operational issues and reporting.
- Manage and assess properties, conducting condition appraisal inspections and providing advice on maintenance requirements
- Contribute to portfolio renewal plans and implementation of property developments.
- Regularly works in the field, which includes meeting with customers in their homes. Conditions are changeable and can be volatile, requiring varying degrees of vigilance and management of risk. Regional roles may involve intra-state travel overnight.
- Lead and ensure you establish and maintain a workplace safety culture by ensuring that all policies and practices concerning Workplace Health and Safety are applied and a part of day-to-day operations.
Mandatory Requirement
- Class C driver’s licence
Applications to remain current for 12 months
