Environmental Health Officer

Environmental Health Officer

Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG

Salary: £36,630 - £42,490 (EHRB registered)

Salary: £32,473 - £37,670 (not EHRB registered)

Contract Type: Fixed Term/Secondment - 12 months, Full time, 36 hours per week

Alternative flexible working options available/open to discussion 

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The Role

Camden is focused on creating the conditions for people to lead high quality and fulfilling lives. We are committed to delivering frontline services in an efficient and professional manner reaffirming our responsibility to quality of life for our communities.

We have been successful in securing funding through the MHCLG Controlling Migration Fund. We are seeking Environmental Health Officers to contribute towards delivering the project objectives of addressing rogue landlords and letting agents within Camden exploiting migrant tenants living in unlicensed and dangerous HMOs. You will be working in a small multi-disciplinary team with challenging outcome targets. The role will require you to take personal responsibility for case investigations, serve notices and take prosecutions and other high level interventions. Initially the role will focus on the inspection of licensable HMOs and the granting of licenses in our additional HMO team.

About you

To be considered for this post you be either a qualified Environmental Health Officer with a certificate of registration issued by the Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) OR a newly qualified graduate who holds a BSc or MSc in Environmental Health (or equivalent qualification) who is working toward their EHRB. The ideal candidate will have a detailed knowledge/understanding of the Housing Act 2004, and other legislation that can be used to control poor housing conditions and the general legislative framework relevant to the team and its application to casework. You will also be trained on HHSRS and have a good understanding of house construction and components including an up to date understanding of improvement trends and capabilities including those around energy efficiency. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate their involvement in managing, organising and coordinating cross-service projects, and identify how this has led to a successful outcome. You will be an excellent communicator (both verbal and written) and will be adept at providing excellent customer care and communication skills in explaining complex and technical issues accurately, clearly and concisely both orally and in writing when dealing with all service users.

About Camden 

Camden’s main offices are located in modern, award-winning offices at King’s Cross. You can expect an exceptional range of benefits including discounted access to the onsite leisure facilities with swimming pool, recognition and reward for high performance with progression and pay increases, flexible and agile working hours and access to a leading pension scheme.

Camden is proud to be the country’s first Timewise council and as part of this accreditation, we work to help parents balance work with childcare. This fits in with our aim to be leaders in innovative, flexible and part-time working that allows for different patterns of care and for parents to share childcare responsibilities.

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Discover and Diversity

To “discover” more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website

If you want to find out more about what it’s like to work at Camden to help you decide whether we’re a good fit for you, please click HERE to complete our online scenario based questionnaire. Please note, this does not form part of the application and will not be used as part of the selection process.

How to apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application form you will be expected to explain how you meet the key requirements for this role listed in this advert. When explaining how you meet each of the requirements, please give examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience. When writing your examples give a brief description of the situation or task but focus on the actions you took and the result of your actions.

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, or provide any information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk, or post to 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG.

Closing dates for applications: 1st June 2019

Interviews to be held: TBC

Please quote reference: 190000A3

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