Housing Enforcement Officer

Essential Employment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking a Housing Enforcement Officer for a temporary, full-time role in Northampton. The officer will conduct property inspections, HHSRS assessments, and enforcement actions including notices and penalties under the Housing Act.

You will work with HMOs and other services to ensure compliance and high standards in the private rented sector. The role requires hands-on enforcement experience, ability to operate with minimal supervision, and delivery within statutory

Qualifications

• HHSRS competency required.
• Experience carrying out housing inspections and enforcement activity.
• Strong knowledge of housing legislation with proven enforcement powers.

Responsibilities

• Undertake property inspections, HHSRS assessments, drafting schedules of work and notices, interviewing under caution, executing warrants and works in default to prepare cases for prosecution or civil penalties.
• Work with owners/managers of licensable HMOs to ensure licensing, maintenance, and compliance with HMO regulations.
• Respond promptly to serious disrepair and nuisance complaints, assess risks, determine remedies and urgency, and coordinate actions to resolve issues.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other services to ensure coordinated service delivery and keep users informed.

Skills

HHSRS competency

Housing inspections

Housing legislation

Enforcement powers

Civil penalties experience

Penalties under Housing Act 2004

Job description

Housing Enforcement Officer needed in Northampton, £21.67ph PAYE – Reference: RQ1780355

You will ideally have –

• Current HHSRS competency
• Recent and substantial experience carrying out housing inspections and enforcement activity
• Strong working knowledge of housing legislation with proven experience applying enforcement powers
• Proven experience issuing Civil Financial Penalties under the Housing Act 2004 (candidates must be able to demonstrate hands‑on experience taking action and issuing penalties, not just an understanding of the legislation)
• Ability to hit the ground running with minimal training or supervision

• 1. Undertake a range of activities including property inspections, HHSRS assessments, the drafting of schedules of work and the preparation and serving of notices, interviewing people under caution, executing warrants of entry and carrying out works in default and prepare cases for prosecution or the imposition of civil penalties to ensure the maintenance and improvement of standards across the Private Rented sector. Give evidence as necessary in the Tribunal and Courts Service.
• 2. Work collaboratively with the owners and managers of licensable HMOs to ensure that their properties are licensed, well managed, maintained in a good condition, meet the amenity standards and comply with the HMO Management Regulations.
• 3. Respond promptly, within agreed timescales, to complaints about serious disrepair and housing-related nuisance in the private sector and, through investigation, evaluate risks and hazards and determine the nature, cause, urgency and remedy of the problems.
• 4. Develop and maintain close working relations with a wide range of other services and organisations in order to facilitate the flow of information, encourage joint working and co-operation, achieve the prompt resolution of complex problems and ensure that, even when an input is required from a number of teams, service delivery is always well co-ordinated and the service user is kept fully informed of developments.

This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.

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