Enabling Officer

Full Time, Fixed Term - 12 Months

An opportunity has arisen for a Housing Enabling Officer to join Bristol City Council's Housing Delivery Service, to drive the delivery of affordable homes in the City.

Bristol is a city with significant housing challenges with over 22,000 households on the Council's housing register and 1,700 households in temporary accommodation. It is also a city with great opportunities for housing and economic growth, with Europe’s largest regeneration scheme at Bristol Temple Quarter, and we focus on the delivery of small sites and specialist supported housing provision.

This role is integral to securing the delivery of affordable homes to meet and maximise the opportunities the city has to offer. The Enabling Service supports a range of housing solutions to implement the Homes for Bristol:
Interim Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2025-27 and the Better Lives in Bristol Supported Housing Delivery Plan 2024-29.

• Play a key part in ensuring that affordable housing is developed and delivered in line with the Council’s Core Values and priorities.
• Understand the external issues that have an impact on affordable housing delivery from a local, regional and national policy perspective and how they may affect delivery in the City.
• Demonstrate knowledge or insight about the delivery of affordable housing, funding sources and the importance of working with our Registered Provider and other provider partners to secure delivery.
• Exercise good communication and negotiation skills and work with other service areas across the Council, being comfortable to work with elected members or other senior colleagues to achieve the best housing delivery outcomes for Bristol.
• Report to an Enabling Manager and work with Senior Enabling Officers within the team, offering advice and support to them.

This is an exciting career opportunity for someone who has worked in housing and has an interest in affordable housing, or someone who is currently fulfilling an Enabling role in a local authority.

At Bristol City Council we go the extra mile for our people; we offer a working environment that is fast‑moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use and develop your skills within a high‑profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice—mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package, including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey, please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview, you will need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information Section of your application. On some occasions, we receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet these in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For employees who are currently on a fixed‑term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed‑term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.

If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed‑term contract.

We’re a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.