Environmental Health Officer / Technical Officer

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER/TECHNICAL OFFICER

Employer:  Brighton-Hove City Council

Salary:  M11 £37,336-£40,221

Location:  Hove Town Hall, Hove, East Sussex

Contract:  Permanent

Working Pattern:  Full time although part time would be considered

Hours:  37 per week

DBS Check:  No

Closing Date:  8 September 2024

Interviews: TBA

We are looking for new officers to join our team for the start of our new licensing schemes.

Brighton and Hove is a vibrant and popular place to live with a much higher than average proportion of privately rented homes, including a significant number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).  We believe that our private rented sector should be well managed and that everyone has the right to occupy decent and safe accommodation.

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated people to join our Private Sector Housing Team, who will share our passion to improve the management, standards and quality of private sector homes in the city.  Experience of dealing with complex problems and the ability to work under pressure is essential.  In return, we can offer flexible working arrangements, a great office location near the sea and excellent terms and conditions including staff discounts on goods and services throughout the city.  We can also offer great self-development and career opportunities through our People Promise commitments.

This is an exciting opportunity to improve accommodation for residents, including management standards and remediating serious housing hazards. The team is responsible for delivering HMO licensing under the national mandatory scheme and a city-wide additional scheme for HMOs.  We will also be introducing a Selective Licensing Scheme in September, as well as dealing with requests for assistance from tenants.

You will have excellent organisation, communication and computer skills and be flexible in response to varying workload demands.

Environmental Health Officers are required to have a BSc degree, MSc degree, diploma or current equivalent in Environmental Health. These courses contain a significant amount of certified practical work-based training which need not have been carried out fully by appointment, but we would expect a commitment to complete this.

Technical Officers will have a suitable qualification relevant to the post e.g. Higher National Certificate or higher in building studies or related discipline or equivalent knowledge and experience relevant to the post.

Subject to ensuring effective service delivery, flexible working arrangements can be agreed.

The posts are full time, but part time applicants would be considered.

For an informal discussion, please contact Debbie Watts (Private Sector Housing Manager deborah.watts@brighton-hove.uk

 Environmental Health Officer - 249778/40529

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Technical Officer - 249778/40530

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