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£41,771 - £44,075
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Contract type
Full time

About The Role

Role: Affordable Housing Enabling Officer
Location: Chorley and South Ribble
Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
Salary: £41,771 to £44,075
Closing Date: 25 February 2026

Are you experienced in affordable housing & strategic housing? Fancy getting involved in helping Chorley and South Ribble Councils to maximise delivery of new affordable homes of the right type and tenure, to meet the needs of our communities?

New affordable homes transform lives, provide security and helping to improve life chances. We are looking for a talented housing professional to help us achieve our corporate ambitions to deliver more homes for rent in our boroughs to local people.

This exciting new role is perfect for a housing professional with an enthusiasm for social housing and a strong foundation of skills and knowledge of affordable delivery, looking to work across two very ambitious Councils, both with a track record of direct delivery of new affordable homes with social housing grant. You will work as part of a small growing team to build on our councils’ successes and drive-up delivery of new homes.

What you’ll be getting up to

  • Work with partners to maximise new affordable housing both through the planning process as developer contributions and through the new Social Affordable Housing Programme (SAHP).
  • You will work closely with our planning and development teams to ensure planning policies are applied to new developments coming through the planning process and progress the councils’ own sites for new housing.
  • You will contribute to preparation of new housing strategy and policies

Who we’re looking for

  • Experience of working in strategic housing policy/affordable housing officer role in a local authority or an RP.
  • Strong knowledge of national policy regarding affordable housing including planning
  • Excellent communication skills with demonstrable ability to engage partners and deliver solutions to deliver affordable housing

Other requirements

  • This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.
 Our Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
  • Hybrid/agile working from day one
  • Local Government pension
  • Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
  • Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
  • Volunteering days
  • Free parking
  • Car Allowance

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit. 

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date. 

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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