Package Description
Responsible to: Programme Director, Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme
Starting salary: £60,738
Working Hours: 35 per week
Contract details: Full time. Monday to Friday. 9:00 am to 5 pm. Hybrid working, some mandatory office days required. 9 month fixed-term contract or secondment for maternity leave cover.
London Councils operates in a hybrid working environment as an agile employer, working across its Strategic Directorates.
If you have any queries or would like to informally discuss the role, please contact Lorna Fraser, Programme Director, Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme at lorna.fraser@londoncouncils.gov.uk.
- Application deadline: 11:59pm on 6 September
- Interviews: Anticipated to take place during the week commencing 21 September
Job Introduction
The London Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme (EHAP) is led jointly by London Councils, London Housing Directors Group and the Greater London Authority. It was established with support from the Centre for Homelessness Impact in response to the escalating homelessness and temporary accommodation crisis, and recognition that London could achieve more by strengthening how we collaborate on shared priorities.
With a focus on strengthening leadership and capacity building, making best use of data and insight, and building our shared understanding of what works to prevent homelessness, the programme is working pan-London to drive progress on five strategic priorities:
- Building the capacity and knowledge to prevent homelessness
- Ending rough sleeping and preventing single homelessness
- Ensuring sufficient supported housing, and better resident experiences and outcomes
- Reducing the cost of and demand for temporary accommodation
- Making best use of data & insights
In addition, the programme provides additional capacity to support boroughs and local partners to work collaboratively across five sub-regions within London.
We are seeking a Prevention Delivery Lead who will lead implementation and support for the EHAP Prevention Plan of Action and Thematic Group.
Role Responsibility
Improving the prevention of homelessness and rough sleeping is a top priority for the programme. Hosted in London Councils, the postholder will work in a multi-organisational Delivery Unit with the Greater London Authority (GLA), London Housing Directors’ Group, London boroughs, and a range of key partners.
The post holder will play a leadership role in driving forward and coordinating the delivery of the Prevention Plan of Action and Thematic Group, providing expert policy and delivery support to drive a strategic shift towards prevention — reducing homelessness and rough sleeping across London.
Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.
The Ideal Candidate
We are seeking a candidate who has:
- Significant experience working in homelessness and rough sleeping.
- Excellent organisational skills and project management experience to manage a varied workload and competing priorities, and to meet tight deadlines.
- Ability and credibility to persuade and influence senior partners and stakeholders.
Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.
About the Company
London Councils is the collective of London local government, the 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They come together through London Councils to work in collaboration to deliver their shared ambitions for London and Londoners.
Through lobbying, collaboration and partnership, we ensure the voice of the London boroughs are united, and heard at a local, regional and national level.
We also run a number of services on behalf of the boroughs including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard and Health Emergency Badge (HEB) and London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS).
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Our Recruitment Approach
The application process involves answering a small number of application questions aligned to the essential criteria for the role. All applications will be processed using a blind sifting method. This means that personal identifying details will be removed to ensure fair and unbiased shortlisting of applications.
The panel sees only the anonymised generated CV that Tribepad builds from the Education and Employment History sections of the application form.
Uploading a personal CV is optional and only helps auto-populate these sections - it does not replace completing them.
Please ensure these sections are fully completed. If they’re left blank, key information won’t appear in the anonymised pack and fair review becomes harder.
Your full details and original CV are not shared with the panel until after the shortlist is agreed and you are invited to interview.
We are committed to equal opportunities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments will be made to support candidates during the recruitment process.
