Midlands Rural Housing
Rural Partnerships Officer - Fixed term
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Rural Partnerships Officer - Fixed term
Location: Home-based, with travel across the West Midlands and occasional visits to our head office in Coalville, Leicestershire
Hours: 21 hours per week, worked over three days
Fixed-term: 12 months
Salary: £19,302 - £21,446 per annum, pro rata
Closing date: Wednesday 15 July 2026
Passionate about rural communities and making sure local people have a voice?
Join us as a Rural Partnerships Officer and help us ensure new homes reflect what communities truly need.
About the role
As a Rural Partnerships Officer, you’ll play a key role in helping to shape the future of rural communities by supporting the delivery of much-needed affordable homes.
Working closely with parish councils, local residents, and partner organisations, you’ll help identify and evidence local housing need, ensuring new homes that genuinely reflect what communities need to thrive.
This is a varied and engaging role where no two days are the same. You’ll lead on coordinating housing needs surveys, analysing and interpreting data, and translating your findings into clear, practical advice that helps communities explore their options and move forward with confidence.
You’ll be at the heart of community engagement - organising consultation events, building trusted relationships with stakeholders, and supporting projects through their early stages. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to wider rural housing strategies, strengthen partnerships across the West Midlands, and champion the work of Midlands Rural Housing.
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About you
You’ll enjoy working with people, take pride in delivering a great service, and feel comfortable balancing priorities in a busy environment. We’d like you to:
- Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
- Have proven experience of data analysis, research, and report writing
- Deliver excellent customer service and build positive relationships
- Be self-motivated, organised, and able to manage priorities independently
- Be flexible and adaptable in their approach to work
- Be proficient in Microsoft Office packages including Word and Excel
- Be able to travel efficiently across a wide geographical area
You’ll also bring a calm, practical approach with the confidence to work collaboratively with contractors and colleagues.
You’ll also need:
- To be educated to GCSE standard (or equivalent)
- To have relevant experience in research, housing, community engagement, or a similar area
A bit more about us
Midlands Rural Housing (MRH) is a leading provider of rural housing services in the UK, working to create sustainable, affordable homes so that diverse rural communities can thrive.
We collaborate with government organisations, developers, architects, builders, parish councils, local authorities, and housing providers to enable access to excellent affordable homes in the Midlands.
We're a small, friendly team, where people genuinely care about what they do. We value teamwork, learning, and making a positive difference for our residents every day.
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Midlands Rural Housing is part of emh, one of the largest and most successful providers of affordable housing and housing-related support services in the Midlands.
Our values are important to us and we’re looking for people who can help live our values of integrity, diversity, openness, accountability, clarity, and excellence.
The benefits of working with us
At Midlands Rural Housing, we support a healthy work-life balance and offer:
- 39 days annual leave (including statutory days), increasing to 44 days with length of service (pro-rata for part time)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible working
- Health Cash Plan and Enhanced Employee Assistance Program (provided by BHSF)
- A wide range of training and development opportunities (we're an Investors in People accredited organisation)
- Access to the Wider Wallets benefits and discounts scheme.
What our team say about working here
"From day one I felt welcomed, everyone is willing to help others within the organisation, we all work together to deliver the best service possible, the approach is very customer focussed. You are given the tools and the time to learn and deliver in your role."
Sounds like the job for you?
Find out more and apply: www.midlandsrural.org.uk/jobs
We may contact candidates or close applications before the closing date, so we recommend applying as soon as you can.
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