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About the role

We are looking for a Home Ownership Assistant – (1 post) to join our Home Ownership team. This vacancy has arisen following a recent internal progression opportunity.

This role is a home based role, where there is no daily requirement to attend an office, but you will be required to attend a our Manchester office for team day one day per week usually a Tuesday.

Reporting to the Home Ownership Manager, you will provide a professional, efficient, and high-quality service to leaseholders and third parties in relation to re-sales, staircasing and lease extensions, as well as tenants wishing to purchase their homes via Right to Buy/Acquire.

You will respond to enquiries from customers and colleagues via multiple channels, maintaining accurate records and work collaboratively with colleagues from across the group. You will participate in team working by supporting colleagues in the delivery of services to customer and in the efficient and effective functioning of the team.

You will handle enquiries from existing and potential customers in relation to the re-sale of leasehold properties, purchasing further equity in shared ownership properties and lease extensions. Liaise with solicitors, customers and estate agents and ensure accurate information is provided.

What are we looking for?

It is essential that you have excellent communication, organisation, prioritisation and numerical skills, as well as experience of communicating to a diverse customer base verbally and in writing. It is desirable that you have experience of processing Right to Buy/Acquire applications, knowledge of leasehold tenure or similar property tenure types and knowledge of relevant legislation and its regulation of the property sales sector.

Please note that we are not accepting applications from applicants who have previously applied for this role within the last six months.

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary, a generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days plus bank holidays and a pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 10%. Your wellbeing matters to us, and we offer a health cash plan where you can claim back money for health care, access to a GP service and an employee assistance programme, along with access to discounts for you and your family to enjoy outside of work.

We are passionate about our people, enabling their development, with learning opportunities to progress both personally and professionally. This includes access to volunteer in our local communities or learn a new skill outside of work.

We have created a flexible working environment, with Onward WorkSpace, which is our approach that focuses on work being the thing that we do that makes a difference to our customers, not the place we go. You will be provided with all the ICT working equipment to enable you to undertake your role.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to Covid-19 and the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [email protected] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.