Income Officer

Contractual hours 36

Basis Full time

Date posted 20/07/2026

Job reference REQ1194

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a housing professional with the skills and knowledge for our income collection and arrears management service.

We are looking to recruit an experienced individual to join our established team.

You will be joining a high performing team responsible for maximising rent and service charge income collection to Salix Homes. You will be expected to provide a high quality, customer focused income collection service, providing support & advice in order to assist customers to be able to pay their rent & to sustain their tenancies.

The role - What You'll be doing

• Proactively communicate with customers regarding their rent accounts using all contact methods (phone, e mail, text, letter, office interviews and home visits).
• Manage rent arrears cases and negotiate payment arrangements.
  collaborate with internal teams and external organisations to support tenancy sustainment.
• Providing financial and welfare advice benefits advice to customers
• Prepare income cases for court where necessary.

What we're looking for :

• has experience of income collection & arrears management
• has a good working knowledge of welfare benefits.
• is organised, motivated and committed to improving services
• is performance focused and able to meet challenging targets
• has excellent communication & negotiation skills
• has experience of working with partners, stakeholders and customers with positive outcomes
• can use their initiative, work under pressure and to tight deadlines

What we offer as a company

• 27 day's holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible Working and Family friendly policies
• Generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance worth 3 x annual salary
• Health Cash Plan which also provides a range of discounts including discounted gym membership
• An inclusive and positive colleague culture

Salix Homes are proud to have been awarded membership to the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and we will constantly strive to improve working conditions for our colleagues.

Salix Homes is an Equal Opportunities Employer and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination. Our customers come from all walks of life, and so should we. As we're interested in expanding our workforce diversity, we welcome all applications.

We're proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident scheme, we will therefore invite to interview any disabled candidates who demonstrate the minimum standards for the role.

We want everyone to be able to perform to their best throughout the recruitment process so please let us know if you have any concerns or need any assistance or adjustments at any stage.