Why work at Canopy?
Here at Canopy, we believe people are at their most productive when they have a good work life balance. That’s why we offer:
- 28 days holiday per year (pro rata) rising to 33 days after five years, plus bank holidays
- The ability to buy and sell annual leave
- Flexible working from day one
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Company pension scheme, with a 5% employer contribution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Training and support to help you do your job well and learn new skills
- Trips and social events throughout the year
- Casual dress in the workplace
We also believe people are at their best when they work in a supportive environment, doing something they care about. That is why we assess candidates using our four Canopy Cornerstones:
- Clients – Do you have a passion for improving people’s lives?
- Colleagues – Do you care about the people you work with, supporting them and treating them with respect?
- Competence – Do you care about doing a job well and learning how to do it better?
- Canopy – Do you care about Canopy’s core values – homelessness, communities, and climate change?
Canopy is an equal opportunities employer that values lived experience, potential, and positivity as well as formal qualifications. We are a Mindful Employer, offering easy access to information and support for staff who experience stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions.
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Current Vacancies
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Housing and Support Administrator
Salary £26,520 p.a. pro rata.
(Actual salary £21,216 for 30 hours a week – days to be agreed with candidate)
Do you want to be part of a great team providing housing and support to tenants in Leeds?
Canopy are recruiting a caring, well-organised administrator to assist their friendly housing team and ensure we provide excellent customer service to our tenants. There will also be the opportunity to carry out low-level support work under the guidance of our Housing Support Worker.
You’ll need to have:
- Experience working in a frontline role in a housing or support service
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills
- An ability to manage your own workload and use initiative to solve problems
- Knowledge of housing support work and welfare benefits, or a willingness to undertake training and learn about these areas
- Empathy and understanding of the issues faced by disadvantaged people and communities.
In return, we offer a supportive environment, flexible working, generous holiday entitlements and the option to buy and sell leave. There may be the option to work from home one day a week, subject to the service’s needs.
The job is based at our office in Burley, Leeds, but will involve occasional visits to our properties around the Leeds area.
APPLY HERE! We do not accept CVs
You can download the job description and person specification here. Should you have any queries please contact job@canopyhousing.org. The post will require a DBS check. No agencies please.
Closing date: Sunday 9th February 2025. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive enough successful applications.
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New Board Members
We have an eleven-strong Board at present, but have ring-fenced vacancies for:
- Canopy tenants, former tenants of Canopy, or people who live in social housing owned or run by similar organisations in Leeds
- Canopy volunteers, or people who have volunteered on site with Canopy in the past.
If you are interested in observing our Board at work with a view to joining, please contact our Chief Executive, David Nugent.
You can find out more about our Board here, then if you’re interested, please get in touch.
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