Environmental Health Officer/Housing Standards Officer – Health and Housing

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Environmental Health Officer/Housing Standards Officer to enhance housing standards in a vibrant borough. This role offers an exciting opportunity to engage in a variety of casework, from inspections to enforcement actions, ensuring compliance within the private rented sector. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team, leveraging their skills in negotiation, inspection, and enforcement to address complex housing challenges. With a focus on professional growth and a supportive work environment, this position promises to be both rewarding and impactful for those looking to make a difference in their community.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Approximately 6 weeks paid holiday

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Health or relevant experience in housing enforcement.
• Understanding of legislative requirements for private rented sector.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Environmental Health legislation.
• Conduct inspections and manage enforcement actions.

Skills

Environmental Health

Housing Enforcement

Negotiation

Inspection

Complaint Investigations

Enforcement Powers

Education

Degree in Environmental Health

Relevant Housing Enforcement Experience

Tools

Driving Licence

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 in Environmental Health work range 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 dealing with interesting complex/challenging cases.

The team is dynamic, forward thinking and offers 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/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.

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

Key Responsibilities

1. 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.
2. 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

Please note the role is recruited into two levels:

1. Level one grade I: £44,430 - £47,628, for 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.
2. Level two: £48,618 - £51,663, for Fully Qualified Environmental Health Officers with a BSc Environmental Health degree or equivalent working towards CIEH post qualifications and near completion.

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

• Complaint investigations
• Enforcement
• Negotiation and persuasion
• Licensing enforcement
• Inspections

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

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Julie Liu, Health and Housing Team Leader, Housing and Regeneration on 0207 364 7737, or email [e-mail]

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.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.