Housing Procurement officer

Job Introduction

Housing Procurement Officer

Part Time: 17.5 pro rata 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Housing Procurement Service to help prevent homelessness.

As a Housing Procurement Officer, you’ll play a key role in transforming the live residents in Greenwich by securing good-quality private rented homes. 

The role focuses on sourcing, inspections, negotiating - proactively increasing housing supply by securing properties through effective partnerships with landlords, agents, developers, and external providers to ensure a sufficient supply of quality, cost-effective housing.

The Housing Procurement Officer will also negotiate leasing arrangements, ensure property standards are met, and contribute to sustainable portfolio growth within the organisation’s social housing objectives and tenant needs.

Are you someone who loves challenges, enjoys meeting people, and isn’t afraid to knock on doors, or pick up the phone? 

If you’re driven, persuasive, with a bundle of enthusiasm, excellent negotiation skills and enjoys going the extra mile then this could be the job for you.  You will have experience of working independently and meeting demanding targets within a fast-paced environment .

Successful candidates will have a knowledge of homelessness and housing within the private sector, relevant Health and Safety legislation, tenancy, property standard requirements and experience of calculating welfare benefits is required.

Role requires Standard DBS

Driving license preferred but not essential.

Closing Date:  17th April 2026 

If you have been shortlisted for an interview you will be notified formally

To apply for this post please visit the Royal Borough of Greenwich website:

For an informal discussion please contact Andre.harriott@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.