Senior Technical Officer / Environmental Health Practitioner

Senior Technical Officer / Environmental Health Practitioner

Team: HSL - Private Sector Housing

Job Family: Enabling - CGB12
Salary: £43,920 to £48,872 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend a CBC office location on a monthly basis, and as needed to carry out your role.

Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent

Requisition ID: 13301

About the role

At Central Bedfordshire Council, we do all we can to ensure that people have safe and healthy homes. We want to make Central Bedfordshire a great place to work and live – and that means tackling poor living conditions and improving the quality of residents’ lives. As a Senior Environmental Health Officer / Technical Officer within the housing service, you will be supporting the continuous improvement of the private rented sector across Central Bedfordshire. You will work within an enforcement, housing, and licensing environment, as well as Housing Assistance. Find your greatness by working in a team that focuses on great outcomes for residents.

The Senior Technical Officer / Environmental Health Practitioner role is both varied and interesting and combines the full range of private sector housing functions, mainly enforcement of housing standards and overseeing complex enforcement cases. This may include delivering a range of housing grants and loan assistance and HMO licensing.

The team is ambitious and looking to improve the health and well-being of all residents within Central Bedfordshire. In this position, the successful candidate will have a broad and complex caseload and will represent the service in a multidisciplinary team, being responsible for tackling poor housing conditions, regulating private rented accommodation, and enabling disabled facility grant works. The role will also involve Landlord and Tenant engagement within the private rented sector.

To meet the requirements of this exciting role, you must have expertise in housing enforcement, court attendance, and demonstrate you have worked as a Senior EHO/TO for at least 12 months (ideally), demonstrating all of the key skills and competencies required for this role, which include:

• High-level skills in communication
• Ability to negotiate and manage conflict to achieve desired results
• Comprehensive understanding of strategic implications in the short and long-term
• Empathy for others and the ability to adjust your approach accordingly
• Ability to forge quality professional relationships and demonstrate a positive collaborative approach
• Understanding resource implications and being able to adjust accordingly
• Supportive of others and understand and identify their strengths and developmental needs
• Provide sound advice and guidance to resolve complex situations
• Provide solutions rather than problems
• Support others to understand change and ensure positive implementation
• Be flexible and respond to changing priorities and demands
• Inspire others and be an exemplary role model
• Act in a professional manner at all times
• Be an effective mentor
• Have a high level of emotional intelligence
• Ability to accept and deliver critical reflection

You will be self-motivated but also able to work effectively as part of a team to bring about desired outcomes. We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service and will therefore expect you to be able to contribute to this with strong interpersonal skills.

You will either hold a degree or equivalent in an Environmental Health or related subject, have at least 5 years in-depth experience in this area of work (Private Sector Housing), and be able to show continued professional development.

You will be provided with the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills further through appropriate training and will also play a role in the development of other colleagues within the team.

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff. To view these, please visit our Rewards and Benefits page.

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours, and working pattern as part of the application process.

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Rachel Shalan at Rachel.shalan@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4417.

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Safeguarding:

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system, and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

Our National Careers Service team offers a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.

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Closing Date: 18th May 2025

Interview Date: 28th May 2025