Housing Standard Officer

St Helens Council; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

St Helens Council is recruiting for a Housing Standards professional to join the private sector housing enforcement service. You will investigate complaints, inspect rented properties, and work with landlords and tenants to secure compliance and protect residents.

This career-graded role offers the chance to develop a career in housing regulation within a supportive public sector team, contributing to the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and broader standards improvements while balancing office and

Responsibilities

• Investigate complaints and inspect private rented properties.
• Work with landlords and tenants to secure compliance and protect residents.

Job description

Housing Standards is St Helens Borough Council’s private sector housing enforcement service, committed to ensuring that rented homes are safe, healthy and well managed. We work closely with landlords, tenants and managing agents to improve housing conditions, tackle poor standards and enforce housing legislation where necessary. A key priority for the service is delivering the Council’s responsibilities under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, helping to protect tenants, support responsible landlords and raise standards across the private rented sector.

About the Role

Join our dedicated Housing Standards Team and play a key role in improving housing conditions across St Helens. This career-graded opportunity is ideal for someone looking to develop or progress a career in housing regulation and enforcement. You will investigate complaints, inspect private rented properties, work with landlords and tenants to secure compliance, and use your professional skills to protect residents and support thriving communities. Working as part of a supportive and experienced team, you will help deliver the Council’s housing enforcement priorities, including the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and wider initiatives to improve standards in the private rented sector.

Making a Difference

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people’s lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer.

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Roles That Matter

This post is subject to Basic Disclosure

Employees can regularly work away from Council workspaces (including home or other locations), alongside required office-based working. The balance between remote and office-based working is determined at service level based on operational need, however, there has been a minimum specification that staff will work at least 2 days from an office-based location.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.