Private Sector Housing Team Lead - Enforcement & Renewal

Essential Employment; Shefford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is recruiting a Private Sector Housing Team Leader for Shefford to lead the Private Sector Housing team, delivering housing enforcement, assistance, and property improvement services.

The role is full-time hours on a temporary basis, with an hourly rate of £28. You will oversee housing standards across the private rented sector, support residents and stakeholders, and drive positive housing outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) and Technical Officers delivering Private Sector Housing functions.
• Oversee regulation and enforcement of housing standards within the private rented sector.
• Support the delivery of housing assistance programmes and related initiatives.
• Manage complex housing enforcement cases, including disrepair and HMOs.
• Provide expert guidance on investigations, enforcement actions, notices, schedules of works and evidence gathering.
• Undertake inspections and site visits to support officers and review complex cases.
• Carry out first-stage reviews of prosecution files, tribunal submissions and formal enforcement actions.
• Monitor team performance, allocate workloads, and ensure service targets and statutory obligations are met.
• Act as a key point of contact for residents, landlords, housing providers, partner agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Assist senior management in developing and improving specialist housing services, programmes, and policies.
• Support continuous improvement of service delivery through staff mentoring, training and performance management.

Job description

Essential Employment is recruiting a Private Sector Housing Team Leader for Shefford to lead the Private Sector Housing team, delivering housing enforcement, assistance, and property improvement services.

The role is full-time hours on a temporary basis, with an hourly rate of £28. You will oversee housing standards across the private rented sector, support residents and stakeholders, and drive positive housing outcomes.