Principal Housing Enforcement Officer

Remedy Social Work; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the UK is seeking an experienced Principal Housing Enforcement Officer to lead a newly created unlicensed team. You will manage the team's operational functions, ensuring compliance with housing standards and working collaboratively to improve the quality and safety of residential accommodations. The role offers the opportunity to drive local housing improvements and support compliance efforts against criminal landlords.

Responsibilities

• Lead the unlicensed team to ensure compliance with housing service standards.
• Manage inspection of houses of multiple occupation and private rented properties.
• Collaborate with wider housing services to improve quality and safety.
• Ensure adherence to licensing arrangements and take enforcement actions.
• Support local improvements in housing compliance and civic pride.

Job description

Overview

Our Client Barking and Dagenham Council, is looking for an experienced Principal Housing Enforcement Officer to urgently join their Team.

Job Purpose: The purpose of this role is to lead the newly created unlicensed team to ensure our private sector housing service and private rented property licensing schemes and to support the Service Manager in respect of development and operational management of teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the newly created unlicensed team to ensure our private sector housing service and private rented property licensing schemes and to support the Service Manager in respect of development and operational management of teams.
• You will be responsible for the operational management of the unlicensed team which comprises of the inspection of houses of multiple occupation (HMO) and the identification and regularisation of all of the private sector housing functions including the borough wide private rented licensing scheme, private sector housing functions in respect of standards including tenancy sustainment and our empty homes portfolio.
• You will ensure that the team works collaboratively with the wider Privet ASectro Housing Service and the Compliance Team to ensure we improve quality, safety, and choice of residential accommodation in Barking and Dagenham through a range of professional and specialist interventions including, education and support, enforcement and legal action under relevant legislation.
• You will also ensure that all licensing arrangements are adhered to in respect of licensing of properties and taking robust enforcement action against criminal landlords.
• You will support in the growth of the private sector housing offer ensuring properties are safe for occupation, landlords comply with legislation and that residents behave in accordance with civic pride. You will support in the driving local improvements by ensuring the most appropriate course of action is taken in respect of non-compliance.