Technical Officer / EHO Private Sector Housing

Technical Officer / EHO Private Sector Housing

Team: Housing Solutions

Job Family: Directing - CBG11

Salary: £38,479 – £41,632 per annum pro rata

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month

Contract Type:  Hybrid – Permanent

Closing Date: 23rd October 2024

Interview Date: 4th Nov – interviews will take place in person at Priory House, Shefford, SG17 5TQ

At Central Bedfordshire Council, we do all we can to ensure that people have safe and healthy homes. We want to make Central Bedfordshire a great place to work and live – and that means tackling poor living conditions and improving the quality of resident’s lives. 

As a Technical Officer or Environmental Health Officer (EHO/Practitioner) within the housing service you will be supporting the continuous improvement of the private housing sector across Central Bedfordshire, you will work within Private Sector Housing, which includes Housing Assistance (grants and loans), housing enforcement and licensing team. The team is ambitious and looking to improve the health and well-being of all residents within Central Bedfordshire. The successful candidate will have a broad and complex caseload and will represent the service in a multidisciplinary team being responsible for undertaking all PSH functions to ensure our residents are living in safe and healthy homes.

Find your greatness by working in a team that focuses on great outcomes for residents.

The role of Technical Officer/EHO Role will cover the whole remit of PSH functions, such as Grants and Loans as well as Housing Enforcement, HMO licensing and Public Health issues.

To meet the requirements of this exciting role you must have experience in housing enforcement, public health, HMO licensing, court attendance and demonstrate you have experience working as a Housing Enforcement Officer and / or Grants Officer / Surveyor. 

Please view our updated recruitment short video: https://youtu.be/EanxIJJn_S0

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies detailed within this Recruitment Pack 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Rachel Shalan at rachel.shalan@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4417.

Safeguarding:

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records. 

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours.  Please book your place here.

More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council