Housing Benefit Subsidy Officer
Location: Hybrid Working
Contract: 6 Months
Rate: £35 per hour
Start Date: ASAP
We are seeking an experienced Housing Benefit Subsidy Officer to join a Local Authority on an initial 6-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a subsidy professional with a strong background in Housing Benefit assessment, subsidy claims, quality assurance, and audit compliance.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring benefit claims are assessed accurately, subsidy income is maximised, and annual subsidy returns are completed and verified in line with legislative requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Review Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction claims to ensure accurate and timely assessments.
- Undertake detailed subsidy checking and quality assurance work to ensure compliance with legislation and best practice.
- Identify opportunities to improve the Council's subsidy position and maximise income.
- Assist in the preparation, completion, submission, and verification of the annual Housing Benefit Subsidy Claim.
- Work closely with external auditors, responding to queries and completing audit workbooks as required.
- Review complex benefit cases, including:
- Homelessness cases
- Hostel claims
- Self-employed customers
- Student claims
- Persons from abroad
- Ensure claims are determined correctly in accordance with Housing Benefit legislation, regulations, and guidance.
- Support the Training and Resilience Team by identifying learning and development needs through subsidy checking and quality reviews.
- Monitor subsidy performance and recommend process improvements.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction legislation, case law, software developments, policies, and procedures.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Extensive experience working within Housing Benefits in a local authority environment.
- Proven experience completing and supporting Housing Benefit Subsidy Claims.
- Strong understanding of Housing Benefit subsidy regulations, legislation, and audit requirements.
- Experience working with external auditors and annual subsidy claim processes.
- Excellent analytical and quality assurance skills.
- Experience assessing and reviewing complex Housing Benefit cases.
- The ability to identify subsidy errors and opportunities to maximise subsidy income.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
What's on Offer?
- Competitive rate of £35 per hour.
- Flexible hybrid working arrangement.
- Initial 6-month contract with potential for extension.
- Opportunity to make a significant impact on subsidy performance and income maximisation.
- Immediate start available.
Interested?
If you have a strong background in Housing Benefit Subsidy and are available for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today with your updated CV.
"All offers will be subject to satisfactory compliance screening, including right to work in the UK and references. In addition, due to the nature of the role the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure will be undertaken."
