The role
Are you ready to make a real impact? Join our dynamic team and be at the heart of our operations!
This role reports directly to the Head of Disrepair and will be responsible for managing appointments, updating calendars, and making travel and accommodation arrangements when required.
We aim to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place they’re proud to live. We’re big, we’re local, and residents are at the heart of everything we do. We leverage our size to drive positive change in the areas we serve.
In addition, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining administrative systems, databases, and spreadsheets as needed. Collaborating with colleagues from different departments and external contacts/customers will be crucial in ensuring seamless communication and coordination. As the first point of contact, you'll handle phone calls, emails, and written correspondence, redirecting or addressing inquiries as necessary.
The role is hybrid with a minimum of 2 days in the office.
What you’ll need
- Experience in Administration or Secretarial
- Knowledge of functional area(s) or related professional field, where the exercise of judgment is limited to applying applicable policies, procedures, regulations.
- Computer skills sufficient to operate on-line system and complex software or develop formulas for moderately sophisticated spreadsheets.
- Ability to use a variety of software packages to produce correspondence and documents, and maintain presentations, spreadsheets and databases.
- Ability to prioritise workload with a level of attention to detail
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.
Closing Date: Sunday 26th July 2026 at 23:59
(We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).
About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Eyecare & dental
- Birthday leave
- Retailers discounts
- Cycle to work
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Season ticket loan
- In-house academy & career development
- Flexible working
Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
Work Location: In person
