Universal Credit Officer

Job description

Contract Terms

Contract Type: Full -Time, 10 Month Secondment
Salary: PO1 £37,443 – £39,264 per annum
Closing Date: Sunday 19^th May 2024

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

In this role, you will be required to provide high quality welfare support, information and advice to tenants claiming UC as well as legacy benefits, ensuring that residents understand and make claims appropriately. You will investigate and implement any initiatives to minimise the impact of welfare reforms and primarily UC, working with both internal and external partners and agencies to identify various options for tenants, to mitigate the impact of transitioning to UC and ensure Haringey council’s rental income is paid.
You will working within the Financial Inclusion team which is made up of highly experienced individuals with backgrounds in Welfare Benefits and Housing Benefits. We are part of the Income management team and support Council tenants and those in Temporary Accommodation with sustaining their tenancy and maximising their income.

About you

Knowledge and a good working experience of Universal Credit and working within the social housing sector.
Experience of working with general needs and temporary accommodation within local authority is essential.
You will need to have extensive knowledge of welfare reforms and upcoming Universal Credit managed migration.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. 
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.