Enforcement Officer - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom - Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

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Description

CONTRACT TYPE

Agency

CLOSING DATE

22-Jun-2023

SALARY

£40 - £45 per hour (depending on experience)
Your new Organisation

Southend-on-Sea City Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services to meet the needs of the local community.

We employ around 1,800 staff who are working alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the Southend 2050 ambition and make lives better for the people of Southend.

Southend itself is a vibrant place to live and work, offering coastal living alongside excellent and fast transport links into London.


Working for Southend-on-Sea City Council offers a challenging and rewarding career in local government within a collaborative and innovative environment.

As a Unitary Authority we are responsible for all local government functions ranging from regulatory services, transport, public health and parks through to planning, social services, community safety and education, so we offer a wide range of career opportunities.

The diversity of our economy and communities and investment in a number of exciting regeneration projects makes our Council a great place to work, learn and make a difference.

Your new role


Southend City Council wish to appoint a temporary Enforcement Officer (
3 months with potential to extend) to join the Regulatory Services team.

This role is part of the council's response to address any major risk of external fire spread in high rise dwellings.

You will be required to draft, serve and monitor notices.

You will be required to engage with the Government's Joint Inspection Team and building owners to verify the type of information required and quality and relevance of the information received.

Although you will liaise with a senior officer on this project, you will be expected to work with mínimal supervision and to report progress on a regular basis.

If enforcement on the notices is required, you will be expected to be the council's principal witness in any action.

What you need to succeed


To be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in assessing dwellings and conducting engagement at a technical level.

You will be aware of the
HHSRS and how this is used for assessing fire safety.

You should be experienced in the service of complex notices together with the analysis of any responses, in particular notices
under s235 of the
Housing Act 2004 although assistance will be sought in these notices from the JIT.

Previous experience of assessing fire safety / risk particularly within tower blocks / high rise buildings will be highly advantageous.

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