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HOUSING ASSISTANT COMPETENCIES

These have been devised to describe the attitude and behaviours we would expect from the post holder. These competencies embody the Company’s values.

Leading and Developing People
(Level 2)

  • Advising and assisting team members with their tasks
  • Praising a job well done
  • Sharing problems with colleagues and seeking their ideas for solutions
  • Building staff confidence to boost self development
  • Supporting staff and appreciating their difficulties
  • Building trust
  • Keeping skills up to date.

Communicating and Influencing (Level 2)

  • Developing and maintaining links with other departments/ functions and external organisations
  • Being confident in giving accurate, clear, verbal communication
  • Producing clear, easily understood written material for both internal and external requirements
  • Summarising information for others.
  • Investing the time and effort to understand the needs of others
  • Being open-minded

Customer Focus
(Level 2)

  • Resolving our customers’ issues to their satisfaction and in line with company values
  • Getting feedback from our customers
  • Keeping our customers up to date about progress
  • Being available for our customers
  • Prioritising customers’ needs
  • Taking ownership of problems and ensuring they are resolved.

 

Flexibility/Adaptability
(Level 2)

  • Willing to adapt own priorities in light of new ideas/suggestions.
  • Moving easily between different tasks, situations and people.
  • Changing ways of working to cope with the needs of the situation.
  • Remaining effective when changing from one task to another.
  • Willing to adapt different roles/functions when required.

Organising Self and Others (Level 2)

  • Planning your day
  • Preparing for meetings
  • Staying on track
  • Thinking ahead to minimise potential problems
  • Organising and planning work effectively
  • Ensuring every part of the job receives the same attention to detail
  • Ensuring that appropriate information is readily accessible to those who need it
  • Monitoring performance and following up outstanding issues
  • Having a tidy workplace.

Team Working
(Level 2)

  • Being approachable and easy to talk to
  • Liaising with other teams/people at all levels in an open, constructive and friendly way
  • Being prepared to listen to others and value all contributions
  • Advising and assisting team members with their tasks.

Judgement and Decision Making
(Level 2)

  • Finding out why and then agreeing actions.
  • Assessing and ensuring confidentiality of some issues.
  • Checking circumstances and identifying a need before making a decision.
  • Troubleshooting problems – thinking on your feet.
  • Making decisions with confidence and consistency.
  • Researching decisions.
  • Spotting gaps and inconsistencies.
  • Doing the ‘right thing’.

May 2008

 

 


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