Did you know that housing is one of the few careers you can enter at any level and receive funding for training and qualifications?

Thrive in a career where personal qualities and experience often count for more than academic qualifications

Young people from Glasgow and Edinburgh have been leading the way in finding out what routes to housing you can take.

What are the routes to housing?

Lauren Herd from Elderpark Housing Association
Xuan, Housing graduate from Elderpark Housing
IS HOUSING FOR YOU?
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Evie Copland, CX Lead at Berwickshire Housing Association

Evie Copland,
CX Lead at Berwickshire Housing Association

Evie Copland, one of housing’s young stars, often quotes Jim Strang who has worked in the social housing sector for more than 40 years.

Jim Strang

Jim Strang

Jim says a housing professional can do more in a day for a family than many in other careers can do in a lifetime. 

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Top reasons to choose a career in housing

Make a positive difference to people’s lives

Enjoy real job satisfaction

Enjoy real job satisfaction

Thrive in a career where personal qualities and experience count

Thrive in a career where personal qualities and experience often count for more than academic qualifications

Clear career progression and promotion prospects

Shape your future with clear career progression and promotion prospects

100s of different roles

Choose from hundreds of different roles, depending on what you’re interested in

What’s working in housing like? 

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If you want to make a real difference, in an exciting job, where there are lots of different roles to choose from, a career in housing could be for you.

Find me a job in housing

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There are more than 200 different roles to choose from in social housing alone. Here’s just a selection and where to find out more.

Young People

Learn if a career in housing could be right for you

Young people in housing

Parents
+ Carers

Support them to find out more about a career in housing

Parent and carers

Employers

How to attract the next generation of talent

Employers

Careers Advisors

Everything you and the people you’re advising need to know about a rewarding career in housing. 

Careers Advisors

Graduates

How to put your degree to good use in a career you’ll find rewarding.

Graduates

Career Changers

Discover a career you’ll find much more rewarding and that’s easy to get into.

Career changers

Acknowledging those who have helped the site development.

Barrhead Housing Association

BHA

Cairn Housing Association

Cassiltoun Housing Association

Dundee City Council

Developing the Young Workforce

Elderpark Housing Association

Fife Council

Hebridean Housing Partnership

Housing Options Scotland

Kingdom Housing Assocoation

Lochaber Housing Association

Orkney Housing Association

Osprey Housing

Path (Scotland)

Queens Cross Housing Association

Scottish Borders Council

SHARE

Shire Housing Association

Skills Development Scotland

Under One Roof Scotland

University of Stirling

Wheatley Group

WISH Scotland

Barrhead Housing Association • BHA • Cairn Housing Association • Cassiltoun Housing Association • Dundee City Council • Developing the Young Workforce • Elderpark Housing Association • Fife Council • Hebridean Housing Partnership • Housing Options Scotland • Kingdom Housing Assocoation • Lochaber Housing Association • Orkney Housing Association • Osprey Housing • Path (Scotland) • Queens Cross Housing Association • Scottish Borders Council • SHARE • Shire Housing Association • Skills Development Scotland • Under One Roof Scotland • University of Stirling • Wheatley Group • WISH Scotland •