Environmental Health Officer/Housing Standards Officer – Health and Housing

Tower Hamlets Council Pension Fund; City Of London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in London seeks an Environmental Health Officer/Housing Standards Officer to enhance housing standards in the private rented sector. The ideal candidate will leverage their environmental health knowledge and housing enforcement experience to conduct inspections, enforce compliance, and manage investigations. This full-time role offers a 35-hour work week, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Approx. 6 weeks paid holiday

Flexi time option

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Health or relevant Housing enforcement experience.
• Understanding of legislative requirements/enforcement powers.
• Ideally possess a driving license and provide a car for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complaint investigations and enforcement actions.
• Use delegated powers for compliance with Environmental Health legislation.
• Work within teams to regulate the private rented sector.

Skills

Environmental Health knowledge

Housing enforcement experience

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Environmental Health

Relevant certificates in housing enforcement

Job description

Town Hall
160 Whitechapel Road
LONDON
E1 1BJ

Environmental Health Officer/Housing Standards Officer – Health and Housing

Tower Hamlets is a fascinating borough, a multi-cultural community steeped in history. The contrasts and challenges inEnvironmental Healthwork ranges from the “Curry Capital” of Brick Lane, to the expanding high-tech corporate world-wide financial institutions in Canary Wharf, employing thousands of people using the services thatEnvironmental Healthare responsible for. Our Service is forward looking and has many exciting challenges to face.

Our private rented sector is over a third of all our housing stock. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of dealing with housing licensing schemes, dealing with complaints, undertaking enforcement action and deal with interesting complex/challenging interesting cases.

The team is dynamic, forward thinking and plenty of opportunities for development and growth.

We offer a 35-hour week with the option to earn flexi time and approximately 6 weeks paid holiday depending on your public service experience.

Role Purpose

As an Environmental Health Officer or Housing Standards Officer with delegated authority, use accredited specialist multi-faceted skills and techniques to carry out a programme of proactive and reactive functions which will contribute to raising Housing Standards inTower Hamlets private rented stock.

Taking enforcement action when necessary to ensure compliance within the Private rented sector. Using a wide range of legislations to regulate the private rented sector.

Each day is busy and rewarding and plenty of opportunity for exciting casework within the team.

Key Responsibilities

Using delegated powers and specialist skills (i.e. audit, inspection, enforcement powers, negotiation and persuasion) to gain and ensure compliance with Environmental Health legislation so that Housing Standards are maintained and enhanced for residents.

Working within one of the three teams to deliver on regulating the private rented sector, dealing with a wide range of enforcement powers including licensing functions that the Service currently enforces and reactive complaints work.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a degree in Environmental Health or relevant Housing enforcement experience, understanding of the full legislative requirements/enforcement powers available to regulate the private rented sector.

Ideally tohave a driving licence and provide a car for work purposes.

Additional Information

Tower Hamlets is a fascinating borough, a multi-cultural community steeped in history. The contrasts and challenges inEnvironmental Healthwork is vast. Our Service is forward looking and has many exciting challenges to face.

Please note the roles are recruited into two levels:

Level one (grade I) £44,430 - £47,628, Housing Standard Officers that do not have the Environmental Health qualification but can demonstrate on the job experience in Environmental Health Housing functions or enforcement or/and have a certificate relevant to the job.

Level two – (grade J) £48,618 - £51, 663 Fully Qualified Environmental Health Officers with BSc Environmental Health degree or Diploma Private Sector Housing with EHORB status or Chartered status or working towards CIEH post qualifications and near completion. Qualification will be requested.

We are looking for an experienced Officer to carry out the full range of duties including:-

• Complaint investigations
• Enforcement and legal proceedings
• Negotiation and persuasion
• Licensing enforcement
• Proactive, reactive and compliance Inspections

This is a uniqueopportunity and we are looking for a motivated and dedicated individual to help deliver on our key strategic objectives.

Please note that all roles are subject to DBS standard checks

For an informal discussion about this postplease contact Julie Liu Housing and Regeneration on 0207 364 5008 or email [e-mail]

Please note this advert is capped at 70 applications, once the maximum amount of applications is reached, the advert will automatically close.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.