Benefits and Housing Needs Officer

12 Month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment Opportunity. Hackney is one of the most dynamic and progressive local authorities in the UK. We are a resilient, vibrant, and creative borough in the heart of London, with strong, diverse communities and a powerful set of shared values. Over the past twenty years, the Council has built up first-class services, outstanding public infrastructure, and a reputation for excellence, innovation, and ambition. We are leading the way on essential work, such as our fight for equity in Hackney, with a particular focus on becoming an actively anti-racist borough. But the work doesn''t stop there, we are proactive in our approach to bringing fairness to all aspects of life, including gender, neurodiversity and across the poverty divide. The post is within the Benefits and Homeless Prevention Service. The service is high performing and is committed to helping residents and the challenges they face while supporting staff to perform to the high standards of the service. The London Borough of Hackney has one of the highest Housing Benefit caseloads in London and receives on average nearly 4,000 homelessness approaches a year. To meet these demands, the service has been innovative, agile, and constantly improving in its aim to be a leader in this field. We are looking for an exceptional Housing Benefit Assessor who has extensive experience assessing Housing Benefit claims from households placed in temporary accommodation. You will work as part of a team ..... full job details .....