Principal Housing Strategy Officer

<strong>Principal Officer - Housing Strategy</strong><p>Salford City Council</p><p> Hybrid working - minimum 2 days per week on site (flexibility required)</p><p>Salford City Council is currently seeking an experienced Principal Officer - Housing Strategy to join its fast-paced and high-impact Housing Strategy Team.</p><p>These are exciting times to work within the service, which is responsible for shaping, monitoring and delivering the Council's housing and homelessness-related strategies and policies, and driving key actions across a varied and ambitious programme of work.</p><strong>The Role</strong><p>As Principal Officer, you will play a lead role in developing Salford's Supported Housing Needs Assessment, alongside a new Supported Housing Strategy, delivery plan and monitoring framework. This work must align with the statutory requirements of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act and be delivered to tight timescales.</p><p>You will be expected to work independently, manage competing priorities, and adopt a collaborative, partnership-led approach to achieving local outcomes.</p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong><ul><li>Lead the development of the Supported Housing Needs Assessment and Supported Housing Strategy, including delivery and monitoring frameworks</li><li>Ensure statutory deadlines are met while maintaining high-quality outputs</li><li>Work closely with internal teams, partners and stakeholders to drive strategy development and delivery</li><li>Gather, analyse and interpret data to inform strategic decision-making</li><li>Engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including those with lived experience, to ensure their voices shape the strategy</li><li>Contribute to broader housing and homelessness strategy work within the service as required</li></ul><strong>About You</strong><ul><li>Proven experience in <strong>strategy development</strong>, ideally within housing, homelessness or a related public sector environment</li><li>Strong understanding of housing and homelessness issues</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Confident in data collection, analysis and reporting</li><li>Able to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple workstreams simultaneously</li><li>Experienced in stakeholder engagement and partnership working</li></ul><strong>Working Arrangements</strong><ul><li>Hybrid working model</li><li>Minimum 2 days per week on site, with flexibility required depending on workload</li></ul><p></p><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?%2bjBHvVsVsDeK96JZuEgDlO7h%2fN1T2%2fupv" width="0" height="0" />