Worcestershire Housing and Homelessness Research and Intelligence Officer

Employing Authority: Bromsgrove District Council

Job Title: Worcestershire Housing and Homelessness Research and Intelligence Officer

Directorate: Community and Housing Services

Grade: 7 (£37,563 - £42,123), Fixed Term, 3 Year Contract

Responsible to: Senior Housing Strategy Officer

Bromsgrove District Council is looking for a highly motivated, full-time Research and Intelligence Officer to support 5 local housing authorities across Worcestershire. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing, analysing, managing and reporting on housing and homelessness data to support the achievement of our strategic objectives.

You will have great communication and analytical skills and work successfully across a range of partners and stakeholders. Reporting to the Senior Strategy Housing Officer you will lead on various research and intelligence projects required to take forward strategic priorities. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone wanting to progress their experience and make a positive difference to our communities.

Educated to degree level or an equivalent qualification in a subject related to the role, you will have experience of managing projects and working with partner agencies to achieve common objectives. You will have experience of working in a political environment, including direct contact with elected members and an awareness of public sector funding.

You will take responsibility for specific research and intelligence projects, working across teams and organisations as a reliable partner and ensuring the views and experiences of people using services are integral to your work. You will work to deadline, progressing projects to ensure delivery. You’ll will have significant experience of generating reports from housing systems and databases such MRI, Huume and government dataset such as HClic, ONS and Indices of Multiple Deprivation. You will need to be organised and a strategic thinker with the ability to manage multiple areas of work. You will need to engage and build successful relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and partners.

Benefits

We offer an excellent range of benefits including flexible working options, generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays and an enhanced local government pension scheme.

Key duties and responsibilities

• To lead on ad hoc research and project management, as required, to take forward policy implementation, including the collation of data for Government statistical returns
• To work with a range of partners and agencies to develop holistic approaches to homelessness, the prevention of homelessness and housing advice research and intelligence projects
• To support the development of key housing strategies and take responsibility in delivering actions and projects
• Manage and undertake research work aimed at developing an understanding of supply/demand issues across all housing tenures and client groups.
• Ensure systems are in place and are operated and reviewed for the collection and monitoring of all internal and external housing performance information (e.g. performance indicators, statistics)
• To research and assess new legislation and guidance from central government and its impact on council activities
• To assist in the preparation of funding bids for affordable housing, support schemes and/or associated community projects.
• To support the Senior Housing Strategy Officer in monitoring the work of and reviewing performance of registered providers

Need further information? please e-mail the Recruitment Team at: recruitment@bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications: 29 November 2026 (Midnight)

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