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Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) represents the highest risks to tenants as regards fire safety and overcrowding. In Birmingham City Council we want to ensure that residents of this type of accommodation are living in a safe and good standard of accommodation. There is a vacancy within the Team, for a HMO Licensing Officer. The HMO Licensing Officer position is responsible for licensing Mandatory HMOs and enforcing the relevant standards relating to them.

• Operate the Council’s agreed HMO Licensing procedure
• Visit properties to determine HMO status and investigate allegations of unlicensed HMOs
• Advise tenants, landlords, and agents on licensing requirements
• Assess licence conditions based on property size and layout
• Inspect HMOs under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 and prepare statutory notices
• Investigate breaches of HMO licensing, conduct interviews under caution, and prepare reports for civil penalties or legal proceedings
• Represent the Directorate in Court and Tribunal hearings
• Contribute to policy and procedure development following legislative changes
• Provide monitoring data and participate in corporate working groups

We are looking to appoint a person who is initiative-taking and wants to continue to progress our work to improve standards in the private rented sectorand develop their skills.

You will need to have;

• Knowledge of Housing Legislation and the policies and procedures relating to the Private Rented Sector, including the Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation(HMOs)
• Excellent investigative, intelligence gathering and problem-solving skills
• Confidence and able to challenge in a positive and constructive manner. Resilient, adaptable, and flexible. Ability to adapt and contribute to change
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) at varying levels including with colleagues, external agencies, and other customers and/or Landlords
• Good IT skills including the use of MS based windows software and be able toinput and interpret information from a range of computer packages
• Ability to organise and co-ordinate and prioritise your own workload and that of the team to meet pre-set deadlines
• Ability to undertake or lead on a range of general tasks or processes to meet the needs of the service
• An understanding of the requirements of and be committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of the role

• Membership of job-related pension scheme, West Midlands Pension Fund – with generous employer contributions
• Generous holiday entitlement – 30 days, increasing after 5 and 10-years’ service
• My Rewards Scheme – access to over 800 individual brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support networks - independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling, occupational health

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

For any informal enquires please email resourcing@Birmingham.gov.uk

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, andwe arecommitted to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy| Birmingham City Council here.

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Interviews will take place in the New Year