
Clúid Housing · 18 White Street, Cork
ROLE OVERVIEW * Position: Resident Housing Officer * Reporting to: Resident Housing Manager * Contrac...
The Operations Department is dedicated to delivering essential services to our residents, including
allocations, rent calculation and collection, and tenancy management. Additionally, we provide estate
services and support community development activities to promote well-kept, friendly neighbourhoods.
Operations is also home to our Housing Advice Centre, Asset Management, 'Clúid Works' in-house
repairs service, and the Operational Excellence team, who contribute to maintaining the quality of
services we provide to our residents and ensuring our properties are safe and maintained to high standards.
As Clúid Housing continues to expand rapidly, our team supports the Commercial Development Department in acquiring new properties.
These properties are carefully selected to be well-designed, well-built, and located where they are most needed.
Clúid teams operate nationally to align with our provision of homes across every county in the country.
We strive to lead in innovation and the development of exemplary services that prioritise resident
satisfaction, value-for-money, and compliance with the AHB Regulatory Standard.
The individuals in the Operations Department are deeply passionate about their work and are motivated by the direct, positive
impact our services have on residents' lives. Our colleagues are known for being resourceful, conscientious, caring, and outcome
focused.
To provide a high quality and resident-focused service in tenancy and estate management, continually working to
improve services and meet resident needs.
Voids and Lettings
of void properties, minimising void times and associated costs.
Tenancy Management
to property and represent Clúid Housing at RTB and court hearings.
Resident & Community Engagement
underpin community integration and development.
benefit to Clúid residents.
Property Management
relation to the maintenance and upkeep requirements of homes and estates.
member on Owner Management Companies where required.
Collaborative Working
shared outcomes for individuals and communities.
Policies and Procedures.
Complaints and Resident Voice
resolve complaints relating to the service area in line with Clúid’s complaints policy.
through service complaints to drive continuous improvement.
Corporate Responsibilities
communities
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ROLE OVERVIEW * Position: Housing Advisor * Reporting to: Housing Advice Centre Team Leader * Location: 159-161 Sheriff Street Upper, Dublin 1 (hybrid) * Contract: Fixed term until 31st December 2026 * Salary: €32,584 - €44,803 (DOE) Housing Advisor As a Housing Advisor you will support the housing and repairs teams by offering a high quality “one stop shop” housing, maintenance, rent and advice service to residents and other stakeholders. You will aim to resolve all resident queries at the first point of contact, proactively and reactively, using your ability to identify and interpret requests accurately. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Resident Experience 2. Service Delivery 3. Complaints and Resident Voice 4. Business Support 5. Collaborative Working Resident Experience * Provide afirst-classresident experience, responding to a variety ofinbound and outbound enquiries through all applicable channels, seeking toresolve at the first point of contact wherever possible. * Act as an advocate for residents, taking ownership and remaining accountable for queries until they are resolved, and ensuring residents are kept informed of progress. * Where a query or service request cannot be resolved by the HAC, ensure a timely and accurate handoff to the appropriate person/department. Service Delivery * Resolve rent or service charge queries at the first point of contact wherever possible, providing adviceand information to residents. * Take payments andmake agreements with residents to repay debt where applicable; and in line with parameters set by the Resident Accounts Team * Provide information to prospective residents about current Clúid vacancies and how to apply for a Clúid home, including where applicable advice regarding transfers and mutual exchanges. * Provide advice andassistanceon a range of estate management issuesincluding anti-social behaviour, resolving within the HAC wherever possible and recording case in the HMS and assigning to the relevant Resident Housing Officer where not. * Triage repair requests with residents, raising orders and scheduling suitable appointments wherever possible. * Ensure accurate record keeping within the HMS and any other IT systems at all times. Complaints and Resident Voice * Actively seek out and recognise the Resident Voice as an authority on our services * Work with customers,managementand the ComplaintsManagerto effectively resolve complaintsrelating to all service areas in line withClúid’scomplaints policy. * Support with the completion of remedial actions or improvement commitmentsidentifiedthrough service complaints to drive continuous improvement. Business Support * Manage the registration and termination of tenancies through the RTB Portal, escalating issues as required to the RTB Administrator. * Undertaken any other duties as required that are consistent with your role. Collaborative Working * Collaborate with colleagues across Operations to drive operational excellence and achieve shared outcomesfor individuals and communities. * Contribute to local and national improvement initiatives and contribute to the formulation and review of HAC policies, procedures, and processes. PERSON SPECIFICATION * Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written, report writing, presentation * Ability to demonstrate good listening skills * Specialist role related knowledge * Excellent organisational and time management skills * Ability to multitask * Influencing and negotiation skills * Self-driven and motivated * Specialist Knowledge * A strong eye for attention to detail EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS * 2+ years experience in a customer facing role within retail or utilities * Previous experience working in a Contact Centre * Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) & CRM systems * Exceeding customers’ expectations * Knowledge of the Housing / Repairs market * Complaint handling * Attaining service level agreements consistently * Experienced in identifying and reporting trending issues * Data Management & Analytics skills * Change Management and Innovation skills * #LI-Hybrid
THE ESSENTIALS THE BENEFITS: Platform: HSPG 25 holiday days per year; Status: Full time, permanent. 4 ‘Me Days’ per year (take a Me Day – focus on you); Working arrangement: We typically work 4 days in the office, Team social events and trips; 1 day from home. Wellness allowance of £70 per month to be used for gym, Hours: 37.5 hours per week. classes, physio or other wellness costs; Start: ASAP Private healthcare with Vitality; Reports to: MD (Group) Mintago financial platform; Drive Electric salary sacrifice; Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave; Employee referral scheme: £2,000 towards a getaway of your choice HSPG: A social impact real estate company Our mission is simple: Building partnerships, creating homes, developing communities. There is a critical lack of affordable housing across the UK, affecting the most vulnerable people in our community. We build long-term partnerships with Local Authorities to acquire and manage demand-driven social and affordable housing across various tenures, as per the image below. Across HSPG’s Living Sector platforms, we are actively acquiring 2,500 high-quality homes from national housebuilders and developers by the end of 2025. These properties are managed by our experienced team, grouped into portfolios, and funded by our institutional investment partners. HSPG aims to positively impacts our residents’ lives, while providing long-term, sustainable returns for our investment partners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core Behaviours: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core mission: Your core mission is to build and protect the reputation, credibility and narrative of HSPG across the housing sector. You will own how the business presents itself externally, ensuring our mission, expertise and partnerships are communicated clearly and consistently. You position HSPG as a credible, thoughtful and trusted voice in affordable housing and social impact real estate, contributing thoughtfully to industry conversations around delivery, partnerships and impact. You translate complex activity across the Group, acquisitions, partnerships, housing delivery and investment, into clear communications that strengthen relationships with investors, developers, Local Authorities and sector stakeholders. You operate as a strategic communications partner to the SLT (Senior Leadership Team) while remaining hands-on in execution. Your focus is positioning, credibility and engagement across the wider sector on behalf of the group. This role is focused on reputation, narrative and sector credibility, rather than consumer marketing or digital acquisition campaigns. Accountability You are accountable for: * Group marketing and communications strategy. * External messaging and narrative. * PR and media relationships. * Thought leadership and sector positioning. * Marketing materials across the Group. * Marketing budget and allocation. * Consumer marketing campaigns or digital lead gen strategies. You are not accountable for: * Shared ownership sales channels. * Property listing portals or lead generation platforms. * Sales conversion or transactional marketing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obsess: These points get you out of bed in the morning and keep you up at night! If you’re not obsessed with these, the role isn’t for you. * Narrative clarity: ensuring HSPG’s mission and impact (why), strategy (what), and behaviours (how) are communicated simply and consistently. * Sector credibility: ensuring HSPG is known and respected by developers, Local Authorities, institutional investors and housing partners. * Meaningful engagement: connecting with stakeholders in the right forums, to get (and measure) the right results. * Quality over distractions: focusing on communication that genuinely strengthens the platform’s reputation and commercial performance. If you measure success purely in clicks or impressions, this role is not for you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excel: You are excellent at these areas: an expert. * Strategic communications: translating complex housing and investment activity into simple, entertaining narratives. * Content creation and ownership: producing high-quality written and visual materials across multiple channels. * PR and media: securing and managing press opportunities that enhance credibility (working with our external agency, Faust). * Hands-on execution: delivering work yourself rather than relying immediately on agencies or large teams (you are the first marketing hire – no team, no agency). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specific experience: * 10+ years’ experience in marketing, communications or public affairs. * Evidenced track record of building a marketing or communications function. * Excellent writing and communication capability, and strong ability to use AI for efficiencies. * Experience operating within regulated or policy-influenced sectors such as housing, real estate, infrastructure or the public sector. 90-day wins Early traction and strategic control. * Full audit of existing marketing assets, communications channels and data. * Clear marketing and communications roadmap agreed with MD. * Consistent LinkedIn and comms cadence established across the Group. * Streamline HSPG front-facing image on Linkedin, including team profiles. * Improved quality, clarity and consisteny of investor materials and external messaging. * Initial PR opportunities secured to support current transactions and announcements 12-month impact outcomes Material impact and results within first 12 months. * HSPG recognised as a credible and thoughtful voice within the affordable housing and institutional real estate sectors. * Clear improvement in institutional and developer perception of the platform. * Regular inbound conversations with developers, Local Authorities and sector partners. * Consistent pipeline of thought leadership, articles, white papers (an exciting HSPG version of the ‘norm’!), commentary and sector participation. * High-quality marketing infrastructure in place across website, content and communications. * A clear communications function established that supports growth across PPHA, Seahorse and future platforms. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Essentials Benefits Role: Junior Legal Counsel * 25 holiday days per year * 4 Me Days per year Platform: PPHA and Seahorse * Team social events and trips * Wellness allowance of £70 per month Status: Full time, permanent * Private healthcare with Vitality * Mintago financial platform Base: London. We work 4 days in the office, 1 WFH. * Drive Electric salary sacrifice * Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave Salary: TBD * Employee referral scheme, £2,000 towards a getaway of your choice Bonus: up to 15% Start: ASAP HSPG: A social impact real estate company Our mission is simple: Building partnerships, creating homes, developing communities. There is a critical lack of affordable housing across the UK, affecting the most vulnerable people in our community. We build long-term partnerships with Local Authorities to acquire and manage demand-driven social and affordable housing across various tenures, as per the image below. Across HSPG’s Living Sector platforms, we are actively acquiring 2,500 high-quality homes from national housebuilders and developers by the end of 2025. These properties are managed by our experienced team, grouped into portfolios, and funded by our institutional investment partners. HSPG aims to positively impacts our residents’ lives, while providing long-term, sustainable returns for our investment partners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core Behaviours: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core mission As Junior Legal Counsel, your core mission is to support the successful execution of HSPG’s real estate transactions, ensuring legal processes progress efficiently and commercially. You will be an integral member of the legal team, managing and progressing a wide range of transactional and operational legal matters across the business, including loan drawdowns, acquisitions, disposals, leasing and legal support. You will enable commercial decision-making by providing practical legal guidance. This is a hands-on and execution-focused role. You will take ownership of the detail and coordination required to keep matters moving – ensuring nothing is dropped or left unresolved. You will work closely with internal teams, external lawyers and stakeholders and will proactively manage relationships and hold all parties to account to achieve seamless transaction execution aligned with HSPG’s strategic objectives. You will support with legal research, drafting and process improvement across the legal function, helping the business scale efficiently with the implementation of innovative and tech-enabled processes and strategies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accountability You are accountable for: * Optimising drawdown and condition precedent processes to ensure efficient delivery across the group’s financing arrangements * Proactively working with external advisers and pursuing outstanding deal items to ensure timely execution * Supporting the legal team in providing clear, structured guidance to stakeholders * You are not accountable for: * Assessing the financial viability of transactions * Duplicating work undertaken by external lawyers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specific experience 1. Qualified solicitor practising at a UK law firm or in-house and specialising in real estate (around NQ-2PQE). In-house experience is helpful but not essential. 2. Experience leading and supporting residential and/or commercial real estate portfolio acquisitions, disposals, and financing is essential. Transactional experience in the Affordable Housing sector is beneficial but not essential. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obsess: These points get you out of bed in the morning and keep you up at night! If you’re not obsessed with these, the role isn’t for you. * Communication: you have excellent written and verbal communication skills, providing clear and concise instructions – tailoring your communication style depending on whether you are speaking to external lawyers, internal non-legal deal teams or otherwise. * Analytical: you focus on synthesising complex legal issues into simple information to be understood by non-lawyers internally and externally. * Efficiency: you are obsessed with achieving optimal efficiency for you and your team and constantly tweak/revamp legal processes to optimise all aspects of the work that you do to ensure all timelines are met. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excel: You are excellent at these areas: an expert. * Emotional intelligence: you understand every relationship you’re working with deeply. As part of the legal team, you understand who makes the commercial decisions, who drives the business, what they want in order to feel like they’ve succeeded and whether our businesses are aligned to achieve this. * Meticulous: you have phenomenal attention to detail and ensure that legal documentation is watertight and captures all the information required. * Resilient: you have the capacity to keep making informed and timely decisions whilst under pressure, and you truly enjoy providing both legal and strategic input for internal and external stakeholders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90-day wins Early traction and strategic control. * Gain a solid understanding of HSPG's strategy and mission and be able to take ownership of discrete workstreams. * Foster good working relationships with our main panel firms. * Successfully drive forward: * one property acquisition to exchange/completion; and * one financing drawdown to completion. * Have assisted in streamlining at least one significant transaction process to increase efficiency (including incorporating AI into our processes). 12-month impact outcomes Material impact and results within first 12 months. * Have a comprehensive understanding of the wider business and drive at least 15 acquisition and/or drawdown processes to completion. * Maintain strong working relationships with our main panel firms. * Have implemented the streamlining of at least two significant transaction processes to increase efficiency (including incorporating AI into our processes). * Be an integral part of the team providing advice on a wide range of legal queries – including at least three queries from each of the sales, acquisitions, investment and management teams.