There are a wide variety of careers available within housing.
Typical housing jobs include: |
With specialist roles as: |
| Housing Officers | Building Surveyors |
| Maintenance Officers | Quantity Surveyors |
| Neighbourhood Wardens | Legal Assistants/ Solicitors |
| Housing Managers | IT Professionals |
| Housing Benefit Officers | Personnel Managers |
| Supporting People | Management Accountants |
| Homelessness Advisors | Architects |
| Anti-social Behaviour Officers | Marketing & Communications |
Whatever role you see yourself in your career in housing will provide you with the opportunity work with a wide variety of people, from those with basic housing needs, to the homeless, elderly and vulnerable. This will allow you to develop a wide range of useful and transferable skills and give you a true sense of making a difference.
Read what people already working in housing say about their career in our Career Profiles section.
Tony Ruddy is the Chief Executive of Ark Housing Association. He has been working for Ark since 2002 having previously worked for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. He says: "A housing career is one that will give you the opportunity to positively impact on the quality of life for those you serve and that of society itself. You could not choose a more deserving and worthwhile career." Read more...
Chris Warnock is a Grounds Maintenance Officer with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and has recently completed the NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture. He says: "My job as a grounds maintenance person offers me security and full time work. I like that fact that I get the opportunity to go out and about every day and not be confined to one place." Read more...
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