Environmental Health Officer/Private Sector Housing Officer x2

Environmental Health Officer/Private Sector Housing Officer  x2

Job reference COLREQ00668   

Application closing date 11/11/2021  

Salary £32,961 to £38,496   Attachments Blank

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Hours: 37 hours per week

Colchester Borough Council is committed to delivering high-quality and accessible services to residents, visitors and businesses. We are a local government authority providing a diverse range of public and commercial services across Colchester, the second largest district in Essex.

Duties of the role

Colchester has a rapidly expanding urban centre. We also have a thriving University with a large student population with a buoyant and growing private rented sector including a large number of HMOs. Keeping these residents safe and tackling poor housing conditions is a key strategic priority for Colchester Borough Council and its partners.

As a result we are expanding our Private Sector Housing Team.

We want to hear from motivated, driven, flexible professionals who want to make a difference for people living in Colchester.

We have two permanent full time roles to undertake private sector housing inspection and enforcement work. The Private Sector Housing Team is currently divided into three specialist sub teams to deliver the various PSH functions and the two roles available could sit within any of these specialist sub teams – HMO Licensing team, HMO Proactive enforcement team and General Reactive team. You can expect a busy and challenging workload and will need to able to work well from home

Qualifications and skills required

We are looking to appoint fully qualified and experienced Environmental Health Officers/Private Sector Housing Officers.

You should have a degree in Environmental Health and have completed the HHSRS practitioner and enforcement qualifications.

You should be competent and experienced in HHSRS assessment, taking the full range of enforcement action using the Housing Act 2004 and action under other Environmental Health legislation.

You should be competent and experienced in processing HMO Licence applications and enforcing standards in HMOs.

You should be competent and experienced in issuing Civil Penalty Notices, taking prosecutions and undertaking works in default.

Ideally you will be a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

What we offer 

You will be entitled to join the Local Government Pension Scheme and will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, including two extra company holidays during the Christmas period.

We are currently working most of the time from home due to the Covid pandemic and this has worked well for us. The Council Offices are due to be closed and fully refurbished. When the offices re-open, we expect to have a blended approach to working, with some office based and some home working in future.

 Other benefits include:

• Flexible working
• Gym, travel and online retail discounts
• Training and development opportunities
• 50% professional subscriptions paid.

To arrange an informal and confidential discussion please email Anna Watson, Private Sector Housing Manager anna.watson@colchester.gov.uk

This is a career graded post, starting salary is dependent on qualification and/or experience

For further information regarding this vacancy, please click here. 

Interviews will be held on the mornings of Wednesday 24 November and Friday 26 November.

Colchester Borough Council has a wide range of services and facilities that can involve dealing with children or vulnerable adults. We treat our obligations for the safety of children and vulnerable adults seriously and expect our staff to be committed to the principles of our published policies and to adhere to the procedures contained within them.