Housing Standards Officer

Job description

About

Make a real difference to people’s lives and homes

Join us at an exciting time as we strengthen our work with residents, landlords and partner organisations to ensure homes across the Borough are safe, healthy and fit to live in.

If you are motivated by improving housing conditions, put residents at the heart of your work and want to contribute to community wellbeing, we would love to hear from you.

The role

As a Housing Standards Officer, your work will directly contribute to tackling the poor housing conditions that affect physical and mental health by driving improvements in residents’ homes and supporting healthier, safer communities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Investigating complaints and undertaking property inspections

• Inspecting and licensing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

• Identifying hazards using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

• Preparing statutory notices, schedules of works and taking enforcement action

• Working constructively with residents, landlords and colleagues to achieve positive outcomes

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same, offering the opportunity to apply your professional judgement while seeing the results of your work on the ground.

Attractive £2,000 Welcome Payment*

We value your expertise and commitment. To help you get started, we offer a £2,000 welcome payment*, payable with your first salary.

*Terms and conditions apply to the welcome payment. For further information about the welcome payment please contact Jo Watts, Head of HR on 0115 907 1038.

What we can offer you

In return, we offer a supportive, forward thinking working environment and a strong package of benefits, including:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service), plus 8 bank holidays

• A casual car user allowance, as you will need to drive as part of this role

• Flexible, family friendly and hybrid working arrangements

• Access to training, learning and continuous professional development

• Free workplace parking across the Borough

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with salary sacrifice options

• Discounted leisure membership through the Fit for Work scheme

• Access to the employee benefits discount and salary sacrifice scheme

Interested?

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Nathan Riley on 0115 907 2244. No recruitment companies or advertisers, please.