NEC Housing Consultant

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.