Muir Group Housing Association Jobs

Muir Group Housing Association is a not-for-profit landlord headquartered at 80 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL. It was established in 1968 and formally registered as a housing association in 1976, and is constituted as an exempt charitable Registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and a Registered Provider of social housing. Muir manages more than 5,500 homes in England and Wales and describes its purpose as helping people with housing needs and creating thriving communities, with residents at the heart of everything it does.

Accommodation and support services

Muir's core business is general-needs rented housing, supplemented by shared ownership under the Homes by Muir brand and independent-living schemes for people over 60 branded Muir Living. It also runs supported housing: the association states it has two supported housing schemes in Chester that provide accommodation and support to help people live independently. Tenancy support for existing residents is delivered through a Help 4 You service covering benefits, cost-of-living and debt advice, wellbeing and furniture help. Repairs and maintenance are handled by an in-house provider, Muir Property Solutions.

• General-needs affordable rented homes
• Supported housing schemes in Chester
• Independent living for over-60s (Muir Living)
• Shared ownership (Homes by Muir)
• Tenancy support, welfare and debt advice

Where they work and who they support

Muir operates from three offices in Chester, Burnley and Huntingdon, and its stock is predominantly in the North West, with further homes in Cambridgeshire and other areas of England and Wales. The Networx careers site lists locations from Lancashire towns such as Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley and Preston, through Cheshire towns including Chester, Crewe, Macclesfield and Northwich, to Cambridgeshire locations such as Ely, Huntingdon, Peterborough, St Neots and Wisbech. Customers include general-needs tenants, shared owners, older people in Muir Living schemes and residents of its supported housing.

Working here

Muir's values are caring, responsive, passionate, inclusive, dynamic and honest. It employs roughly 140 to 150 colleagues and holds Investors in People Gold accreditation, and its recruitment site displays Disability Confident, Mindful Employer and Investors in Wellbeing Gold badges. Staff quotes on the careers page emphasise feeling valued and supported from the top down. Roles advertised in the past have included customer experience advisors, maintenance support coordinators and housing officers, alongside trades and corporate positions. Recruitment is handled through the IRIS Networx platform, which at the time of research showed no open vacancies. General enquiries go to info@muir.org.uk or 0300 123 1222 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm).