Environmental Health Officer (Housing)
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Wellington Civic Centre
- Salary
- PO3 £32,910 - £35,745
- Closing date
- 2 Feb 2022
- Reference
- TWC000005278
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Housing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- Flexible hours
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Environmental Health Officer (Housing)
Private Sector Housing
£32,910 - £35,745 per annum
Scale PO3
37 hours per week
Permanent
We are looking for a qualified Environmental Health Officer to join the Private Sector Housing team. Your role will be to carry out the professional duties of an Environmental Health Officer; to protect the public, the environment and to provide a fair and safe business environment.
The main duties will be to respond to service requests for disrepair, and licensing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO's). You will be:
- Responsible for the delivery of operational functions through audit/interventions, investigations, surveys, sampling, monitoring, projects, dealing with service requests and provision of advice and guidance on all housing aspects designated to the post to determine compliance with legal requirements.
- Responsible for the delivery of service priorities and aims assigned to the post, to achieve the Council's Better Homes for All objectives.
- Accurate in recording information, intelligence and evidence, and able to input, interrogate, analyse data and produce reports and returns related to the requirements of the post.
- Able to analyse intelligence, gather evidence, prepare and serve legal notices and papers, statements, case files and other legal documents as may be necessary and to attend Court and other formal legal hearings.
- Able to contribute to the development of strategies, procedures and policies in areas assigned to the post.
- This post may be expected to deputise for the Lead environmental Health Officer (Housing) or the Private Sector Housing Manager in a professional capacity
For further information on the role please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.
For further information on the role please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.
We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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