Private Sector Housing Officer

Haringey Jobs London; London; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Haringey Council seeks a dedicated individual to join the private sector housing team, focusing on promoting compliance and enhancing living conditions for tenants. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a commitment to ethics, and the ability to engage effectively with various stakeholders. Haringey values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds, offering a range of employee benefits and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

31 days leave + bank holidays

Health and wellbeing support

Generous local government pension scheme

Discount schemes across leisure and culture

Qualifications

• Effective verbal and written communication with various stakeholders.
• Research and evaluation skills required.
• Ability to demonstrate self-awareness and interact effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with standards through investigation and inspection.
• Improve living conditions for privately renting households.
• Enforce laws against non-compliant landlords.

Skills

Communication

Research

Self-awareness

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: PO2 (£41,442- £44,331) – PO4 (£47,532 – £50,574)
Hours per week: 36 per week, Hybrid Working
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 29th June 2025
Interviews: w/c 7th July 2025 (Expected)

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

1. To achieve compliance with statutory requirements through investigation, inspection and property Licensing.
2. To achieve Council and service unit objectives by improving the living conditions for households privately renting
3. To ensure non-compliant landlords are enforced against using the most appropriate legislation.

About the Team

The private sector housing team is currently a small group of people passionate about improving conditions in the private rented sector of our Borough. We are a very friendly team and will aim to ensure the successful candidate is very happy and supported.

About You

1. To communicate effectively with a range of people and organisations using verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills, in order to influence, persuade, negotiate and disseminate information.
2. Demonstrate acute self-awareness of strengths, weaknesses and how to interact effectively with others.
3. Research and evaluation skills
4. Demonstrate an understanding of professional ethics and taking into account the wider consequences of own actions.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

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