Choice Housing is one of Northern Irelands leading housing associations. We employ over 500 people and with a nearly 50-year legacy of enriching lives through the provision of safe, high-quality, and affordable homes. We manage over 14,000 homes and support around 40,000 tenants, delivering a wide range of housing solutions including general needs, sheltered housing, support accommodation, and homes for families with complex needs.
Admin Assistant (Tenant Involvement)Full-Time | 37 Hours Per Week
Location: Belfast, Maple House Office
Salary: £25,878-£26,054pa
Job Reference: AATI/4950/1026
This is an exciting opportunity to join Choice Housing, in this varied and rewarding role, you will be at the heart of supporting meetings, events and projects that enable tenants to have a voice in shaping services and communities. From coordinating community events and producing meeting documentation to maintaining records, preparing communications and taking accurate minutes, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of tenant involvement activities.
The successful candidate will be a strong communicator with excellent organisational skills, capable of managing multiple priorities while delivering a professional and customer focused service. You will work closely with colleagues, tenants and external stakeholders, using a range of IT systems and administrative processes to support the effective operation of the team.
This role would particularly suit someone who enjoys a combination of office based administration and community focused work, including travel to meetings and events across the province.
Essential criteria: –
- 2 GCSEs or equivalent AND6 months experience in an office environment / OR 1 year experience in an administrative role
- Experience working with customers, tenants, service users or members of the public
- Proficient use of a range of IT packages
- Strong written and verbal English
- Good organisation and time management
- Full, clean, UK driving licence
- Access to own private transport with the ability to travel independently and frequently to various locations to meet the requirements of the role
Our employees have access to a range of benefits: –
- 22 days annual leave plus an additional 5 days after 5 years service, and 12 public holidays,
- 6% pension contribution,
- Flexible working with the ability to accrue 2 days flexi leave per month,
- Hybrid working,
- Death in service benefit x3 annual salary,
- Paid maternity and paternity leave,
- Bereavement leave,
- Learning and Development opportunities to include paid courses relevant to your role,
- Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening.
Completed application forms should be returned by 12pm, Saturday 24th October 2026.
Please be advised that failure to clearly state or reflect the essential criteria in your CV may result in your application not being shortlisted.
Please note, the Association reserves the right to create a reserve list following the interview process.
The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of essential qualifications and also provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. We are also committed to adhering to the Access NI Code of Practice/Service Level of Agreement in relation to requesting disclosure checks where appropriate and processing information in accordance with the code. Choice has a policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request (email: )Choice is committed to providing equality of opportunity to all applicants for employment, including those with criminal convictions. Information about criminal convictions will be taken into account only when the conviction is considered materially relevant to the role.
NB: The panel may enhance the criteria in order to facilitate short-listing of the post.
Choice Housing Ireland Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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