Accommodation Co-ordinator

Annual salary: up to £29,854.21

Accommodation Coordinator

Location: Durham

Salary up to £29,812.57 per annum

Contract: Full time – Fixed term contract

Hours: 40hrs per week, Monday to Friday

About the Role:

The Accommodation Coordinator will be responsible for processing referrals for ex-offenders leaving prison, ensuring timely and accurate handling of accommodation requests. The role involves reviewing referrals, drafting and issuing correspondence, and maintaining regular communication via email with internal teams and external partners. You will work confidently across Microsoft platforms to update records, manage bed-space reports, and handle sensitive data in line with information-sharing and confidentiality requirements. Although allocation decisions are made elsewhere, you will be responsible for updating internal systems, including VECO, to reflect placements and changes. The post also requires completing risk assessments; comprehensive training will be provided, but candidates must be comfortable assessing and managing risk within a criminal justice setting.

Key Criteria:

• Provide excellent customer service, ensuring a positive experience for service users

• Demonstrate previous experience working in an office administration environment

• Confidently make and answer phone calls as part of daily coordination

• Carry out administrative duties with accuracy and attention to detail

• Be IT literate, with strong proficiency in Microsoft platforms (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Teams)

• Communicate effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and service users, showing strong interpersonal skills

• Confidence and ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Experience working within the criminal justice sector

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!

• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.

• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more

• Family friendly policies

• Access to EAP Counselling sessions

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact: Beth Dunford (beth.dunford@mearsgroup.co.uk) If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.