Senior Private Sector Housing Officer

Kent Housing Group; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sevenoaks District Council’s Private Sector Housing team seeks to improve the conditions and management standards of private sector housing across the district.

You’ll lead on delivering housing enforcement standards to ensure residential accommodation meets statutory requirements, inspect and license HMOs, carry out park home site inspections, and manage the Council-owned Hever Road Gypsy and Traveller site with its facilities.

Job description

Employer: Sevenoaks District Council

Close date: Sunday 25/10/2026

Our Private Sector Housing team seeks to bring about improvements in the conditions and standards of management of private sector housing.

You’ll assist the team in achieving this by leading on the delivery on housing enforcement standards to ensure private sector residential accommodation throughout the District meets statutory standards and help bring about improvements in conditions and standards of management for residents.

Inspect and licence HMOs in connection with mandatory HMO licencing schemes and undertake annual inspections of all licensed HMOs.

Carry out regular inspections of mobile park homes and park home sites in accordance with the relevant legislation and model standards.

Carry out the effective day to day management of the Council owned Hever Road Gypsy and Traveller site and its facilities.

Assess properties using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and interpret the results of the HHSRS assessment to determine an appropriate course of action to deal with each hazard identified.

This role will be based at our Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HG. We currently operate a hybrid working model for the majority of our roles where your working time will be divided between the office (2-3 days) and home working (2-3 days).