Housing Management Officer

Proposed Interview Date: Thursday 16 and Friday 17 October 2025 (Subject to Change) 

Closing Date: Sunday 5 October 2025 

Contract Type: 6 Permanent Vacancies & 1 Temporary for 1 year 

Salary: FC6 £30,691.29 - £33,732.26 

Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week 

Locations:

Permanent Positions

• 1 Position based in Segal House, Dunfermline 
• 2 positions based in Town House, Kirkcaldy  
• 1 Position based in County Buildings, Cupar  
• 2 Positions based in Fife House Glenrothes  
• 1 Position based in Fife House, Glenrothes 

Temporary Positions

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site.  Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.  More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement 

Job Details

Good Housing impacts on so many aspects of our daily lives.  As well as being a basic human right, it also encourages a sense of community, helps economies to thrive and creates an environment which people want to protect. 

We need you to help us meet our aim to provide everyone with access to good quality, affordable decent housing that meets their needs and aspirations.  We want to improve the quality of life for people across Fife, and we work with many different organisations, including tenant’s groups, to try to make that happen. 

As a Housing Management Officer, you will form part of an Area Housing Team that delivers on improved services. 

You will be responsible for a specific neighbourhood, ensuring high quality, well-run estates through the assessment of need of individuals, properties and neighbourhoods, followed by the development of solutions which range from prescribed processes to self-developed initiatives. 

You will deliver high quality landlord services to build stable communities by sustaining tenancies and engaging with customers and partners to make required improvements, which also includes supporting local Tenants and Residents groups.

This may require attendance at evening meetings. 

You will be able to provide high standards of Customer Care while encouraging local people to maintain Estate Standards.   

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.   

The Person

If you meet the essential qualification criteria outlined below, we’d like to hear from you: 

• We are looking for an individual who has knowledge of the Scottish Secure and Short Scottish Secure Tenancies and who has experience of working with a range of Supports available to tenants.   
• You will have experience of partnership working when managing tenancies.   
• You will be committed to assisting tenants to sustain their tenancy, while also taking action against any breaches of tenancy. 
• You will need good time management, communications and organisational skills. You will also possess IT Skills. 
• You will be educated to SCQF level 5 or equivalent and you will require (if you do not already hold this) to undertake the SVQ4 in Housing and Homepoint 2 qualifications. 

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme. 

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile 
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information. 
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services 
• Directorate Information - Council Department information 
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• Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email: transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk 

We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time. 

For further Information please contact: Euan Hannah - Euan.Hannah@fife.gov.uk 

We are holding a Fife Council jobs fair on Wednesday 8th October from 10am - 2pm at the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline. This is a great opportunity to meet face to face with Hiring Managers and learn more about the type of vacancies that are available and what it's like to work in local government. There will also be a chance to get support from our job clubs and employability teams who can offer help with our online application process. Please pop along on the day to find out more.