There are several exciting opportunities, and we’d love you to take part in as many as you can.

These opportunities are open to all our residents and if you are interested, please get in touch. If you need any support to get involved, please talk to us about your requirements and we will try to help.

  • Resident inspectors

    Join our existing group of resident inspectors, where you’ll carry out regular inspections of your estates. You’ll submit feedback letting us know what is good, and what needs improving, and we’ll feed back your suggestions to the teams that deliver these services.

  • Resident influencers

    This involves reviewing current and proposed new policies. You’ll provide feedback and suggestions on how you think they could be more effective and easier to understand. If you register with us, we’ll let you know when a review or consultation is due to start, and you can choose if you want to be involved.

    Some of the areas we’ve looked at this year are:

    • Estate services
    • Maintaining your home
    • Aids and adaptations
    • Tenancy fraud
    • Pets
    • Resident expenses.

    To get involved right away you can view our current consultations.

  • Scrutiny panel

    West Kent's scrutiny panel is a small group of residents that take a look at particular areas in need of improvement.

    The panel meets regularly to consider how we can deliver better service to our residents and discuss their findings. Their recommendations are then presented to the Board by members of the panel.

    Find out more about our scrutiny panel

  • Contractor representatives

    This involves attending meetings with our repairs team and contractors, to discuss best practices, offer feedback and suggestions. You will be the voice of residents.

  • Neighbourhood inspections

    Our neighbourhood housing officers (NHOs) and resident involvement team regularly visit neighbourhoods to ensure the area you live in is safe and being managed well.

    We want to encourage residents to join the inspections to help us understand the issues that are important to you in the neighbourhood you live.

    Find out more about the inspections

  • Mystery shoppers

    This involves testing our systems and procedures. It will include speaking to our customer services team and feeding back on your experience. 

  • Communications co-production group

    An exciting project where residents will support the communications and marketing team at West Kent in creating, shaping, and evaluating campaigns and publications. 

    There will be opportunities for members of this group to learn about communications and marketing, to develop their skills, and maybe even attend training with leading experts in the field.

     

  • New homes advisory group

    We have an opportunity for residents with an interest in new developments and sustainability to be part of an advisory group that will help shape the design brief for new homes.

    The group will meet with our Development team twice per year, to discuss proposals for any new projects. You will ideally have experience of living in a new-build property, and be happy to share these experiences to provide feedback and guidance.