Housing Officer

Job No: MNMHO370330
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

Make a Meaningful Impact in Housing Support

Lutheran Services is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Housing Officer to join the Mary & Martha’s Refuge team. This role plays a vital part in supporting women who have experienced domestic and family violence to secure safe, sustainable, and long-term housing solutions.

Location: Mary & Martha’s Refuge- Brisbane
Employment Type: Part-Time (30.4 hours per week)

About Us:
Lutheran Services is a not-for-profit organisation, providing exceptional care and support to communities across Queensland for the past 90 years. We provide aged care, retirement living and home care services for older people, with community services including mental health, disability, youth and family, and domestic and family violence support. We draw on a rich Lutheran tradition of care, placing the wellbeing of our clients at the heart of everything we do. Where our people to love what they do, supporting over 6,000 people each year across more than 25 sites

About The Role:
As a Housing Officer, you will:

  • Provide comprehensive support, information, advocacy, and referrals to clients seeking housing
  • Manage tenancy documentation, agreements, bonds, inspections, and condition reports
  • Coordinate property maintenance in collaboration with the Property Team and external contractors
  • Facilitate training or one-on-one sessions with clients to support tenancy success
  • Maintain accurate client records and housing data as per compliance and reporting requirements
  • Participate in the after-hours on-call roster

 About You:

  • Experience in housing, homelessness, or community services
  • Strong understanding of the barriers faced by women affected by domestic and family violence
  • Excellent communication, advocacy, and relationship-building skills
  • Organised, detail-oriented, and confident working independently
  • Working knowledge of housing legislation and tenancy processes
  • Tertiary qualification in human services or similar
  • Valid Blue Card
  • NDIS Worker Screening clearance
  • QLD Driver’s Licence

Desirable:

  • Experience in the homelessness or domestic and family violence sectors

Why Choose Us?

  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Salary packaging, enjoy up to $15,990 of your salary tax-free! - allocate a portion of your salary to rent/ mortgage/ car lease or everyday expenses before your salary is taxed- and you take home more pay!
  • Access to discounts, such as health insurance, holiday and travel, gym membership, IT and home appliances
  • Membership to our full-service Employee Assistance Program, including professional, lifestyle and wellness support
  • Access to the Lutheran Services Employee Wellbeing Program, 5 to Thrive.


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About Us

We draw on our rich Lutheran tradition of caring for everyone – the individual, family and the community. We support older people, young people and their families, people living with a disability or mental illness, and families experiencing domestic violence and hardship. Together with the congregations that founded us, we’ve been serving Queenslanders since 1935. We are a not-for-profit organisation with more than 20 sites across the state, all the way from Tallebudgera to Rockhampton.