Salary: £38,923 - £43,749
Grade: Level 3 Zone 1
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: 1 x Permanent, 1 x 12m FTC
Hours: 36 Hours (Full Time)
Closing Date: Tuesday 16th June 2026 at 23:59
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.
What You’ll Be Doing
This is a dynamic and rewarding role within the temporary accommodation (TA) service, where you will be responsible for providing an enhanced, dedicated and proactive service for households approaching as homeless and those living in TA as the Council seeks to reverse the growing numbers of people living in temporary accommodation. The role is an integral part of transforming how we work with our residents and is key in ensuring households are offered suitable, affordable and sustainable homes in the private rented sector to prevent the need for temporary accommodation placements or reducing the length of time our residents spend in TA.
The role of the PRS Placements Adviser will be to directly support residents to explore and secure PRS opportunities and to maximise the supply of suitable private rented homes made available to people in need of a placement, in accordance with the council’s homelessness accommodation strategy and placement policy.
You will be responsible for negotiating rent and cash incentive levels with landlords & agents in accordance with Camden’s rates; you will undertake property inspections and drafting of works schedules, tenancy and housing benefit sign-ups, accompanied resident viewings, in accordance with the council’s homelessness accommodation strategy and placement policy.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.
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All About You
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Agile working
At Camden we view work as an activity, not a place. We focus on performance, not presenteeism. We create trusting relationships, we embrace innovation rather than bureaucracy and we value people. Collaboration is the Camden way, silo working isn’t.
At Camden we are proud to be one of Hire Me My Way’s inaugural campaign supporters. Hire Me My Way is a national campaign led by Timewise, designed to increase the volume of good quality jobs that can be worked flexibly in the UK (www.HireMeMyWay.org.uk). Hire Me My Way aims to treble the number of available good quality flexible jobs to 1 million by 2020.
Asking for Adjustments
At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone. If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you. This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions.
Please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or by post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. We’ll work with you to make sure the process works for you.
