Environmental Health Officer/Housing Standards Officer - Health and Housing

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

Job summary

A local government authority in the UK is seeking an Environmental Health Officer to maintain high housing standards in the private rented sector. This dynamic role includes conducting inspections, enforcement actions, and collaborating across teams. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Environmental Health and experience in housing enforcement. Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

35-hour work week

Flexi time option

Approximately 6 weeks paid holiday

Qualifications

• Proven track record dealing with housing licensing schemes.
• Understanding of legislative requirements for the private rented sector.
• Ideally, a driving licence and a car for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with legislation.
• Deal with a wide range of enforcement powers including licensing.
• Investigate complaints and ensure housing standards are maintained.

Skills

Enforcement Action

Negotiation

Compliance Inspection

Education

Degree in Environmental Health

Job description

Overview

Tower Hamlets is a fascinating borough, a multi-cultural community steeped in history. The contrasts and challenges in Environmental Health work 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 that Environmental Health are 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 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 in Tower 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 to have 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 in Environmental Health work 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 unique opportunity 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 post please 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.