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Proposed Interview Date: 30 October 2024
Closing Date: Sunday 20 October 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC8 £38,950.71 - £42,686.23 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Working across Fife, based in Kirkcaldy Town House
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Job Details
Good housing impacts on so many aspects of our daily lives. As well as being a basic human right, it also encourages a sense of community, helps economies to thrive and creates an environment people want to protect.
We need you to help us meet our aim to provide everyone with access to good quality, affordable decent housing by:
Fulfilling a general supervisory role across the Council’s Housing Service.
Monitoring the delivery and sustainability of specific areas of service as required.
Contributing to the preparation, implementation and review of housing policy as a key part of Housing Services
We want to improve the quality of life of people across Fife and we work with many different organisations, including tenants’ groups, to try to make that happen. As a Lead Officer, you will supervise work that delivers on improved services.
Promoting effective partnerships, working across the Service and with partner services and organisations, ensuring a shared understanding and commitment to quality service delivery
The Person
This post will require a basic Disclosure
The job requires a breadth and depth of knowledge including both specialist and organisational knowledge and relevant theory. This knowledge is normally acquired through education, professional or vocational qualification, on or off-the-job training and relevant work experience.
The minimum qualifications required would be educated to SCQF Level 8 which includes HND or SVQ level 4 or equivalent in Housing or relevant recognised professional qualification.
In Fife Council how we work matters and you will be responsible for being a role model by displaying and promoting behaviours that are expected of all Council employees:

• Take ownership
• Focus on customers
• Work together
• Embrace technology & information
• Deliver results

A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for’
Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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For further information, please contact: Elaine Campbell at elaine.campbell@fife.gov.uk