Opal Solutions is seeking an experienced NEC Housing Consultant to support a Housing Association client with the transformation, improvement and ongoing development of its NEC Housing environment.
This is a hands-on consultancy role requiring strong NEC Housing knowledge and a practical understanding of social housing business processes. You will work as part of a wider transformation team alongside architecture, integration, data and senior NEC expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on functional consultancy across NEC Housing Management
- Analyse and improve existing NEC configuration, processes and workflows
- Translate housing requirements into practical NEC solutions
- Configure and support NEC application changes
- Support testing, releases, upgrades and implementation
- Investigate complex application, process and data issues
- Work across NEC Housing and connected systems/integrations
- Support functional design and solution decision-making
- Work with Housing, IT, application support and third-party suppliers
- Produce configuration/support documentation and support knowledge transfer
Key NEC Domains
Strong practical experience across several of:
- Estates/Tenancy Management
- Rents
- Arrears/Income Management
- Service Charges
- Repairs
Essential Experience
- Strong hands-on NEC Housing/NEC Housing Management experience
- Previous Housing Association/UK social housing experience
- Practical NEC configuration and functional consultancy experience
- Strong understanding of end-to-end housing processes
- Experience delivering application and process change
- Ability to diagnose issues across NEC, business process, data and integration boundaries
- Strong stakeholder engagement and problem-solving skills
Contract Details
Rate: £450 per day
IR35: Outside IR35
Duration: Initial 3-6 months, potential extension
Location: Predominantly remote with occasional London/client-site attendance as required
Start: ASAP/subject to onboarding
To Apply
Please submit your CV highlighting your NEC Housing experience, housing clients, NEC domains/modules, recent assignments and availability.