Environmental Enforcement Officer - London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom - London Borough of Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
London Borough of Hounslow
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London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom

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Salary
£37,443 - £39,264 per annum, pro rata.


Package
Fixed-term Contract and Secondment Opportunity until 31 March 2025 at 36 hours per week.


Job category/type
Planning & Environment


Date posted
20/03/2024


Job reference
R0006389


About Us At Hounslow


We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough.

With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs.

Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.


About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion


We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock.

All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix".

It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds.

We serve a diverse community; we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.


We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.


Our Benefits
If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits.


About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Special Waste Service as an Environmental Enforcement Officer.

In this role, you will primarily be undertaking borough-wide investigations in relation to littering and fly tipping offences on the public highway, as well as promoting behaviour change by engaging with residents and businesses alike.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills through training and working with the team to carry out targeted enforcement in hotspot locations across the borough.


About The Team You'll Be Working In
The Council's Environmental Services is dedicated to meet the needs of the Borough's residents.

Making Hounslow Cleaner and Greener; a place where our residents enjoy working, living and visiting, is a key priority for us as a Council.

Our team is responsible for delivering the principles and actions towards achieving our goals, to undertake a range of Environmental Enforcement Actions to help deliver the Council's aspirations of a achieving a cleaner greener borough, by reducing all types of fly-tipping and waste incidences across the borough.

Making Hounslow Cleaner and Greener; a place where our residents enjoy working, living and visiting, is a key priority for us as a Council.


As part of a wider team, and in partnership with our Service Providers delivering clean streets to our citizens and residents, you will hold people accountable for their actions.

This role involves undertaking investigations and enforcement actions for littering, fly-tipping, and non-compliance with commercial and household and duty of care and recycling schemes.

You will be reporting to the PFI Contract Manager.


About You

  • Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to achieve One Hounslow programme objectives.
  • Effective communication skills and the ability to interact well with the Borough's residents and businesses to understand their needs and provide support.
  • Experience of actively communicating in a way that is open, consistent and clear, sharing information with others and the willingness to listen and negotiate. You will be required to deal with confrontational situations in a courteous, confident, calm, impartial, assertive and safe manner in all situations encountered by the team and respect the confidentiality and dignity of others at all times.
  • Understanding of relevant provisions outlined within the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005 and the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 201
  • Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Environmental Enforcement using powers from relevant legislation.
  • Ability to produce high quality prosecution statements, case files, statutory notices, warning letters and educational material to support Council action to tackle offending behaviour.
  • Valid driving license valid in the U.K for a minimum of 1 year for use with your own vehicle or a Council pool vehicle.

Essential for The Role
Basic DBS


When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:


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