Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Housing Project Officer

Location: Newham
Service: Housing / Works Commissioning
Reporting to: Housing Project Officer
Rate: 21.91

Temp: initially 3 months

About the Role

We're looking for an organised and proactive Assistant Housing Project Officer to support the delivery of a range of housing projects.

You'll work closely with the Housing Project Officer and wider teams to help shape, coordinate and deliver projects that improve housing services for residents.

This is a great opportunity for someone with an interest in housing, policy, and project work who wants to develop their career in a fast-paced public sector environment.

What You'll Be Doing

In this role, you'll:

• Support the delivery of housing projects from start to finish
• Help research housing policy and track changes in legislation
• Contribute to developing project proposals and plans
• Coordinate project activities, timelines, and resources
• Monitor progress and help track project budgets and outputs
• Prepare reports, presentations, and updates for stakeholders
• Build strong working relationships across teams and with external partners
• Support meetings, consultations, and public engagement activity
• Help improve systems for tracking and reporting project information
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Housing Directorate

What We're Looking For

Knowledge & Experience

• Understanding of social housing and the wider policy landscape
• Some experience working in a housing or local authority setting (or similar)
• Experience supporting or managing projects
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders or partners

Skills

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Good organisation and time management
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
• Confident using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Analytical skills - able to gather and interpret data
• Strong relationship-building and teamwork skills

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