Environmental Health Officers

Brighton & Hove City Council; Hove; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Office near sea front

Staff discounts

Career development

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking enthusiastic Environmental Health Officers to join the Private Sector Housing Team. You will help improve the management, standards and quality of private sector homes across the city, handling complex problems and working under pressure.

We offer flexible working, an excellent sea-front office location, staff discounts, and real opportunities for professional development within our learning framework as we continue to deliver licensing schemes and tenant

Qualifications

• Environmental Health Officers require a BSc, MSc or Diploma in Environmental Health or equivalent.
• Effective organisational, communication and IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver licensing under the national mandatory scheme.
• Manage citywide Additional HMO Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes.
• Assist tenants and respond to requests for help.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

IT skills

Education

BSc Environmental Health

MSc Environmental Health

Diploma in Environmental Health

Job description

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated people to join our Private Sector Housing Team, who will share our drive to improve the management, standards and quality of private sector homes in the city. Experience of dealing with complex problems and the ability to work under pressure is essential. In return, we can offer flexible working arrangements, a great office location near the sea and excellent terms and conditions including staff discounts on goods and services throughout the city. We can also offer great self-development and career opportunities through our People Promise commitments. The council is embedding a learning framework to support and demonstrate our journey to become a learning organisation. The team is responsible for delivering licensing under the national mandatory scheme, a citywide Additional HMO Licensing scheme and a Selective Licensing scheme, currently in 4 wards with an aim to extend to 13. Also for dealing with requests for assistance from tenants. You will have efffective organisational, communication and IT skills and be flexible in response to varying workload demands. Environmental Health Officers are required to have a BSc degree, MSc degree, diploma or current equivalent in Environmental Health Encouraging a diverse workforce Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans. Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our actions, our and the work we are doing to

Why work for us?

As a council, we want to:

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.