MMP Consultancy are looking for an experienced Procurement Officer to work for a Housing Provider in North London on a Permanent basis.

The purpose of procurement is to obtain competitive prices for supplies, delivering the most value for money for the organisation throughout the procurement lifecycle. This must be done within the applicable legislative framework.
A Procurement Officer is a central part of the procurement department, and you'll liaise with key stakeholders to ensure Procurement requirements are understood and comply with internal governance and procurement policies.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to support delivery of Procurement objectives
• Identify and document risks, issues and opportunities.
• Lead assigned sourcing initiatives, which vary in terms of scope and scale.
• Build relationships with key suppliers.
• Adhere to the corporate standards and applicable legislative frameworks, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives.
• Promote compliance with business processes.
• Support organisation in the preparation and publication of applicable notices (as per Procurement Act 2023) and other applicable legislation.
• Manage procurement systems, as required.

Essential skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills
• An appreciation of Procurement Processes and challenges
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Project Management and problem solving skills.
• Good user-level knowledge of MS Office programmes, particularly Excel and Word

Are you passionate about fostering strong relationships between residents and contractors? We're seeking a proactive and empathetic individual to ensure resident needs are met while maintaining clear communication and coordination across all stakeholders.

If you have experience in resident liaison, excellent communication skills, and a dedication to delivering outstanding customer care, this role is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on housing services and community engagement.

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit Resident Liaison Officers to work for a local authority based in South West London.

Pay Rate: £30.99 Per Hour

Responsibilities:

• Effectively liaise between the Council, residents and contractors to ensure that resident requirements are met and any issues are promptly and suitably addressed.
• Providing support to any vulnerable residents, you will work with carers and other relevant advocates to ensure that specific needs are taken account of and any issues are resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
• Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, facilitate communications and coordinate activities to streamline operations, public communications, incident response and conflict resolution.
• Deliver effective resident consultation and engagement, providing assurances at all levels that our buildings are compliant to all legislative requirements.
• Developing and delivering effective communication with residents, liaising closely with contractor staff to assist in the smooth running of the programmes and the ongoing building management

Skills & Experience Required:

• Previous experience of working as a Resident Liaison Officer or Coordinator
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills
• Proven experience of delivering excellent customer care
• Experience of handling challenging and complex situations
• An effective communicator at all levels, you will be able to work proactively and independently to deliver on tight timescales

We are currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Compliance Officer for a reputable housing association based in London.

This temporary contract offers a competitive hourly rate of £27.88ph (umbrella).

As a Compliance Officer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the housing association adheres to all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing and ensuring compliance with housing regulations and standards.
• Conducting regular audits and preparing reports to identify and address potential compliance issues.

• Oversee adherence to housing regulations and standards, including areas such as heating servicing programs, asbestos management, water safety hygiene, and fire alarm testing.
• Conduct regular audits, maintain accurate records, and prepare reports to identify and address potential compliance issues.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure cohesive and up-to-date compliance practices.

Skills / Qualifications Required:

• Proven experience in a compliance role within the housing sector, with a strong understanding of housing regulations and standards.
• Familiarity with compliance areas such as heating systems, asbestos management, water safety, and fire safety protocols.
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to interpret and apply complex regulations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

This role is ideal for a proactive individual with a keen eye for detail and a passion for upholding high compliance standards.

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Resident Liaison Officer in Merton. This will be on a temporary ongoing role.

Pay Rate: £25.38 Per Hour


Responsibilities:

• Effectively liaise between residents and contractors to ensure that resident requirements are met and any issues are promptly and suitably addressed.
• Providing support to any vulnerable residents, you will work with carers and other relevant advocates to ensure that specific needs are taken account of and any issues are resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
• Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, facilitate communications and coordinate activities to streamline operations, public communications, incident response and conflict resolution.
• Deliver effective resident consultation and engagement, providing assurances at all levels that our buildings are compliant to all legislative requirements.
• Developing and delivering effective communication with residents, liaising closely with contractor staff to assist in the smooth running of the programmes and the ongoing building management

Skills & Experience Required:

• Previous experience of working as a Resident Liaison Officer or Coordinator
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills
• Proven experience of delivering excellent customer care
• Experience of handling challenging and complex situations
• An effective communicator at all levels, you will be able to work proactively and independently to deliver on tight timescales

MMP Consultancy are working with a fantastic organisation to recruit Neighbourhood Officer to join them on a temporary basis, based in Kent.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage tenancies across all tenures to provide excellent tailored services that sustain tenancies and make best use of our homes.
• Tailor new customers relationships according to need, maintaining the most appropriate ongoing contact with customers to enable them to understand and fulfil the expectations of their tenancy agreement.
• Make the best use of our homes by supporting customers to be in the right home whether through use of registers, mutual exchanges, transfers, decants and under-occupation.
• Help customers to understand their responsibilities as tenants and how to sustain their tenancy.
• Build safe communities with proactive and consistent service delivery to reduce and respond to reports of anti-social behaviour, hate crime, domestic abuse, safeguarding and other tenancy breaches.
• Undertake appropriate activities to prepare cases for legal action and deliver successful outcomes on legal cases for the organisation.
• Manage environments where we have homes and identify new opportunities to improve estate and scheme conditions to create places where people want to live.
• Provide technical and professional housing/tenancy management advice.
• Effectively audit homes to identify and prevent tenancy fraud.
• Promote and signpost tenants to opportunities for training and employment to meet their aspirations and maximise their income in support of our Income Protection and Financial Well Being strategies.
• Build and maintain partnerships with internal and external customer, statutory agencies and referral-based services to support excellent local area delivery.
• Continuously support the development and use of ICT to provide an efficient, modern and responsive service to customers.

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Contracts Officer working with a Local Authority in North West London.

Duties:

• To support and co-ordinate the Property Services teams, ensuring that all aspects of the service are delivered within target and compliance with the statutory and regulatory obligations of the Client.
• To provide high levels of technical administrative support, ensuring robust systems are developed and maintained to deliver all aspects of work with information readily available to relevant staff.
• Ensure that a comprehensive and high-quality administrative function is provided to support the Property Services Team, which is effectively and efficiently provided with flexibility to ensure continuity of service delivery.
• Support the maintenance of asset management data and customer/stakeholder engagement for the effective delivery of the investment, repairs, servicing and cyclical programmes.
• Ensure that comprehensive records are maintained and retained to support the monitoring of performance and expenditure.
• Manage all documentation and preparations required to take legal actions to enforce tenancy and leasehold agreements for all Property Services issues including gas forced entries and planned works.
• Manage the entire forced entry process in line with housing and leasehold legislation.
• To work in conjunction with the managers to ensure the work of the Property Services team is carried out in an effective, efficient and economical way, reflecting the requirements of the performance standards to provide best value outcomes to its customers and other stakeholders.
• Manage and monitor the performance and quality of processes and the outputs and outcomes of the Property Services Team and its contractors and consultants, providing regular reports upon the findings.

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Homelessness Prevention Officer on a Temporary basis for a Local Authority based in North West London.

Duties:

• Managing a caseload of people who are currently experiencing a housing crisis and provide a service that seeks to minimise the duration of that crisis.
• Understanding the complex, multiple needs as well as strengths of those individuals and develop trusting, non-dependent relationships to improve their confidence and motivation to progress towards their next step in housing.
• Empowering individuals to find their own solution to their housing crisis, drawing on the assistance provided by the Housing Options Team.
• Create individual Personal Housing Plans (PHPs) for everyone in housing need to sustain existing accommodation and/or find new housing, taking account of their personal circumstances and keep the plan under review.
• Carry out all agreed actions in the PHP that the Council is to take in a timely manner and update the plans promptly.
• Helping people to understand the rented housing market, keeping up-to-date with Local Housing Allowance, benefit changes, and opportunities.
• Providing some support for individuals through the resettlement process when moving to a new home.
• Helping tenants with preparing defence forms for section 21 and other relevant court proceedings