Environmental Health Officer/Enforcement Officer (Private Housing)

Wokingham Borough; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

GP Helpline

Employee Assistance Programme

Free Onsite Gym

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Local & Lifestyle Discounts

Move through Menopause Course

Sports & Social Group Activities

Job summary

Wokingham Borough Council is hiring an Environmental Health Officer/Enforcement Officer (Private Housing) to join our Enforcement & Safety Service. This full-time, permanent position focuses on Private Housing Standards and improving living conditions across the borough.

You will assess housing conditions, inspect properties, handle licence applications and work with residents and landlords to ensure safety, quality, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Environmental Protection law and good practice.

Responsibilities

• Protect and improve environmental standards, including private water supplies, air quality and land contamination.
• Tackle complex environmental and regulatory challenges.
• Support businesses through advice, guidance and compliance work.
• Investigate complaints and incidents.
• Drive improvements in environmental standards.

Skills

Environmental Protection law

Job description

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £32,578 - £53,052 Per Annum, Plus Benefits
Location: Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End/Home Working
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: No
Closing Date: 22/11/2026 at 23:00
Reference: 712248,713555,713556

We have an excellent opportunity for an Environmental Health Officer/Enforcement Officer (Private Housing) to join our Enforcement & Safety Service. This full-time, permanent role focuses on Private Housing Standards.

As Environmental Health Officer/Enforcement Officer (Private Housing) you’ll help improve housing standards and protect renters’ rights through proactive work with residents, landlords and tenants. You’ll assess conditions, inspect houses and handle licence applications, helping to make homes safer and improve living conditions across the borough. Your varied caseload will also include mobile homes Alongside this proactive work, you’ll investigate service requests, establishing facts, gathering evidence and resolving cases efficiently, effectively and consistently.

This is a hybrid work role, involving site visits, office attendance and some homeworking too. A full driving licence, use of your own car insured for business use is an advantage. You should have good knowledge of Environmental Protection law and good practice.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated, customer-focused professional with sound judgement and strong communication skills to join our team.

Generous Annual Leave– 28-31 days annual leave depending on experience (rising by 5 days after 5 years of continued local government service), plus bank holidays

GP Helpline - Available 7 days a week

Employee Assistance Programme- Including a 24/7Your CareHelpline

Free Onsite Gym - Located at Shute End Offices, Wokingham

Salary Sacrifice Schemes - Including CarandCycle to Work schemes

Local & Lifestyle Discounts - Save on shopping, entertainment, dining out & more

Move through Menopause Course

Sports & Social Group Activities– Including running, football, cricket & more

And more!

Key Responsibilities

• Protect and improve environmental standards, including private water supplies, industrial polluting processes, air quality, land contamination
• Tackle complex environmental and regulatory challenges.
• Support businesses through advice, guidance and compliance work.
• Investigate complaints and incidents.
• Drive improvements in environmental standards.

Candidate Requirements

Varies depending on Grade- please see Job description.

Our Area:

Wokingham Borough Council has recently been ranked 2nd most productive council in England by the Impower Productivity Index, recognising our strong performance and efficient use of public money.

Our Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.

We’re home to a range of high performing schools, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. The borough has a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life.

Closing date: Sunday 22nd November 2026 at 11pm

Interview date: TBC

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.

Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we are unable to respond to every applicant individually.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the application closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

We appreciate your interest in joining Wokingham Borough Council and thank you for taking the time to apply.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.