Neighbourhood Housing Lead - South East and Kent - October 2025

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time - 35 hours

Salary: £35,951 per annum to £39,531 per annum (London weighted salary) dependant on experience plus £1,300 ECU allowance

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Working Location: South East and Thames

Persona: Agile - 1 -2 days office attendance required.

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday - 09:00 - 17:00

Closing Date: 29th October 2025 - 23:00

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our South East and Kent Team at L&Q:

Would you like to join our revamped Housing Management Team as a Neighbourhood Housing Lead and help us to deliver an excellent service for residents? This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is a customer-focused team player.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role, as the Neighbourhood Housing Lead, you'll be responsible for the following:

• Supporting the Housing Management team to deliver a reliable, repeatable, and consistent service for residents.

• You will be key to improving resident satisfaction, building trust, and making sure that residents have a home that they're happy in.

• You'll be the primary relationship holder with the residents living in homes on your patch. Patches are being designed to align with local authority areas and are expected to cover around 500 - 600 homes.

What you'll bring:

• You should have a proven track record of building relationships with people and be able to communicate well with colleagues and residents.

• You'll be able to problem solve and will pride yourself on your grit and determination. You'll have a can-do attitude and be motivated by keeping promises to residents.

• You'll be willing to push boundaries and challenge the business where needed to achieve the very best outcomes for residents.

• You'll have excellent time management skills along with the ability to manage a complex workload whilst adhering to important deadlines.

• Stakeholder management is also key to this role and an ability to engage with a diverse customer base is essential.

• Have demonstrable experience in a similar role.

• Have a valid license and access to a car for work use.

Our customers are the most important part of our business and as a member of the Housing Management team, it is vital that you display passion and commitment to lead and deliver an excellent service every time. This will be measured against the high standards and values that we set across the organisation and department

We look forward to reviewing your application, and hearing about the genuine experiences and skills you could bring to our organisation. L&Q reserve the right to not accept statements that exceed 500 words.

L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. .

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please contact us.

At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.

ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.