Senior Regulatory Services Officer – Property Regulation

Senior Regulatory Services Officer – Property Regulation

£38,994 - £40,887 pa inclusive

Grade 11

EJR009376

The Challenge

Ealing is one of the most diverse and largest boroughs in London with more than 137,000 residential properties and around 36,000 are rented from private landlords. With more people living in rented properties than ever before we are committed to improving the overall standard of private rented property in the borough. On 1 January 2017 Ealing Council introduced two property licensing schemes (additional and selective licensing) to assist in driving up standards in the private rented sector.

The Candidate

We are looking to recruit experienced regulatory services officers to join the property regulation team.

You will have previous regulatory services enforcement experience in responding to service requests, undertaking complex investigations, executing robust enforcement actions, reporting infringements including for prosecution, in full compliance with the regulatory framework.

You will liaise with both internal and external partners (Police, Fire Brigade, Home Office, HMRC) using a multi-agency approach to delivering property licensing and associated enforcement to tackle rogue landlords and gain compliance by exercising the most appropriate inspection and enforcement options including, Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), HMO Management Regulations, Environmental Protection Act and Housing Act Notices and powers.

You will initiate and lead on specialist projects in response to legislative or service demands aligned to policy and team objectives and will assist in providing training and guidance to develop regulatory services officers and the service.

A degree or equivalent professional qualification in Environmental Health, Trading Standards or Building Studies/Surveying will be required for this role.

This is an exciting time to join Ealing Council and be a part of the Property Regulation team.

The Benefits

• flexible working
• generous annual leave
• local government pension scheme
• discounts with local businesses
• the Council is a member of the ‘Enterprise car club’ scheme, giving you access to vehicles when performing your duties.

This role is deemed customer facing and as such you must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable you to effectively perform the role.  This requirement relates to Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.

This role is subject to Ealing's enhanced vetting process.

For more information please contact Boota Samra, operations manager on 020 8825 7570 or samraB@ealing.gov.uk

Closing date: 11 March 2019 

For more information and/or to apply please visit www.ealing.gov.uk/jobs