Private Housing Compliance Officer x3

Bristol City Council; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol City Council is seeking an Environmental Health Housing Officer to inspect residential properties for licensing compliance, identify hazards, and prepare professional reports that support legal housing standards. The role offers hybrid working and a balance of site, office, and home-based tasks.

Permanent, full-time roles with progression via a competence framework; generous leave and pension; inclusion of disability-friendly practices.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria per the Person Specification.

Responsibilities

• Inspect residential properties for licensing compliance.
• Identify housing hazards and deficiencies.
• Prepare professional reports to support licensing decisions.
• Assist investigations and progress formal legal actions when required.

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference VAC009018 Date posted 28/10/2026 Application closing date 22/11/2026 Location 100 Temple Street Redcliffe Bristol BS1 6AN Salary BG10: £36,581 - £40,444 Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Housing Attachments Person Specification.pdf Job Description.pdf Bristol City Council Application Guidance.pdf

Permanent,Full-Time and Part-Time roles

Salary: £36,581 - £40,444 with the potential to progress to £47,665.

Bristol is a vibrant city, with a high number of privately owned and rented properties. We are currently delivering a number of area-based property licensing schemes, in addition to the city-wide mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation, as well as enforcing the new requirements of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.

If you enjoy a balance of office, home, and site-based work, this role offers the opportunity to inspect residential properties for compliance with licensing conditions, identify housing hazards and deficiencies, and prepare professional reports that help maintain legal housing standards. You may also have the chance to undertake investigations and support the progression of formal legal action when required.

For permanent appointments, a competence-based grading system means that there may be opportunities for you to develop your career and progress to a Level 2 or Senior Environmental Health Housing Officer role, through the completion of assessed competencies. Further details can be provided at interview. There may also be opportunities to work in other areas of the Private Housing Service.

Bristol City Council are not offering sponsorship for this role.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation, with the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

For this role, hybrid working arrangements are available, giving people the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working and site-based work. You may choose, for example to carry out site visits on two days and work from home on the other days. Or you may choose to work from our modern and centrally located office which is close to transport links (rail, bus and cycle hubs).

As well as offering flexible working and flexitime, you’ll be enrolled in the Local Government Pension scheme, and receive a generous annual leave allowance.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career. Interviews are planned for week commencing 7 th December 2026.

For any queries, please contact Jane Denning, Private Housing Team Leader ( [e-mail] ).

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

Thepersonal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.