Environmental Health Officer - PSH

Oyster Partnership; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Essex is seeking an Environmental Health Officer for an initial 3-month contract. The role involves responsibilities like HMO licensing, housing enforcement, and responding to nuisance complaints. Candidates must have a degree in Environmental Health and relevant registration, with experience in regulatory compliance. This position offers £45 per hour under a full-time 37-hour contract with a hybrid work model of 3 days on-site and 2 days working from home.

Qualifications

• Experience with HMO licensing and HHSRS enforcement.
• Ability to interpret planning reports, especially on acoustic and contamination surveys.
• Experience in complaint investigations regarding vermin and drainage issues.

Responsibilities

• Cover HMO licensing and housing enforcement activities.
• Respond to nuisance complaints and drainage issues.
• Serve notices as required.

Skills

HMO licensing

Regulatory compliance

Complaint investigation

Statutory nuisance investigation

Education

Degree in Environmental Health or equivalent

Registered with Environmental Health Registration Board

Job description

Our client Braintree District Council is currently looking for an Environmetnal Health Officeron an initial 3-month basis.

You will be covering

• HMO licensing
• HHSRS inspections
• Housing enforcement
• Respond to complaints of nuisance, rodent complaints, filthy and verminous premises, and drainage issues
• Serving notices.

Requirements

• Degree in Environmental Health or equivalent (i.e. Diploma in Environmental Health)
• Registered with Environmental Health Registration Board
• Understand the needs of all customers with respect to the various activities that are regulated by the team
• Experience of securing regulatory compliance though various means
• HMO licensing and HHSRS enforcement experience
• Statutory nuisance investigation experience
• The ability to interpret and respond to reports relating to planning consultations for various matters, in particular acoustic, odour and contamination surveys and remediation plans.
• Experienced in complaint investigations relating to vermin, filthy and verminous premises and drainage.

Details

• £45 per hour - Umbrella
• Full-time 37-hour contract
• 3 months initially with potential to extend
• Hybrid 3 days on site 2 days WFH

If this role interests you, please get apply or email me at [e-mail].

We would like to attract talent from all corners of the Environmental Health world for this role. Our commitment is to an equitable recruitment process so feel free to apply in any way that suits you, via WhatsApp, video message, CV, the more creative the better.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.