Income Collection Officer (Home visits)
Location : Chicester (covering Brighton and Mid Sussex)
Salary : £35,100 - £36,000
Would you like to join Hyde as an Income Services Officer?
The Income Services Officer, is key to supporting the prevention and recovery of rent arrears and other debts while helping customers sustain their homes through practical advice, early intervention and effective case management.
This roles combines both office working with home visits to support our residents.
What you’ll be doing
• Manage rent arrears and other debts across multiple tenure types, including current and former customers
• Take ownership of customer accounts, working proactively to prevent arrears and reduce debt
• Deliver a high‑quality, customer‑focused service through phone and digital channels
• Support customers with money management, rent prioritisation and access to welfare benefits
• Process payments, refunds and account requests in line with policies and procedures
• Maintain accurate income and case management records, including clear action notes
• Work collaboratively with the wider Income team and internal colleagues to support service delivery
• Prepare legal documentation, attend court and support eviction processes where required
• Help customers access additional financial support, including local authority and charitable funding
• Follow safeguarding procedures, escalating concerns and making referrals as appropriate
About you
You’ll bring experience in income collection, rent arrears or customer account management, alongside a supportive and resilient approach when working with customers in challenging circumstances.
• Experience in income services, rent arrears, collections or a similar customer‑focused role
• Understanding of housing income, welfare benefits and affordability assessments
• Experience managing customer accounts and complex casework
• Knowledge of legal processes relating to rent arrears and possession (or willingness to learn)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to handle sensitive conversations professionally
Why join us?
We own and manage 125,000 homes and are driven by a strong social purpose—creating safe, affordable homes and thriving communities. You’ll be part of a committed Income Services team, where your work will directly support customers to sustain their tenancies while protecting Hyde’s income and services.
Benefits
• Excellent pension
• Generous holiday allowance
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits platform
• Career development & learning support
• Volunteering days
• Hybrid working
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to life at Hyde. We’re committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to be themselves. Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, ensuring that different perspectives are represented in decision-making, service delivery, and the way we shape our organisation.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re happy to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace.
Please note: candidates will be required to complete an online psychometric assessment prior to interview. We reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is identified.
We’re here for our customers and the communities we serve, creating homes and places people can be proud of.
For almost 60 years, Hyde has provided affordable homes for people to help achieve our vision of a great home for everyone.
As a Group, we bring together organisations that share a commitment to providing great homes and services, and to supporting the communities we work with. Partnerships with organisations that share our values and focus on customers is part of our long-term strategy to help us do more for our customers and to meet our founding social purpose.
Today, we own and manage around 120,000 homes, making us one of the largest and most diverse housing and community services providers in the country. We provide neighbourhood services to around 350,000 homes across the country, proudly support our Armed Forces community with their housing needs, and work with critical areas of the public and private sectors, including schools, hospitals, and local councils.
We’re also using our knowledge and expertise to help more people to have a home. We’re working with our local authority partners, homebuilders, and like-minded investors, to find new ways to build more affordable homes, because we can’t stand by and wait for others to fix the housing crisis.
