Senior Environmental Health Officer - London, United Kingdom - Islington Council

Islington Council

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a qualified Senior Environmental Health Officer to join our busy team to help us ensure compliance with housing standards and property licensing requirements in the private rented sector.

You will be responsible for securing improvements to standards and management in privately rented housing through investigation, engagement and enforcement.

This will involve surveying privately rented properties to identify housing defects, undertake a comprehensive risk assessment of hazards and take appropriate action remediate.

You will be required to utilise your expert knowledge of Housing Act and other relevant legislation to identify the most appropriate enforcement action to secure compliance with legal requirements.

You will also be required to collate and present evidence in court and defend council decisions at the Residential Property Tribunal.

As an experienced enforcement officer you will be authorised to undertake the full range of enforcement powers, including Improvement and Prohibition Notices, Prosecutions and Civil Penalty Notices.

You will manage a mixed caseload of reactive service requests, planned licensing verification and monitoring activities, unlicensed and rogue landlord investigations.

You will collect, use and analyse data to support interventions and maintain comprehensive records of actions and decision making.

You will need to establish good working relationships with tenants, landlords, builders, managing agents, lawyers as well as other council officers in order to achieve the best outcomes for private renters.

Closing date:
Monday 20th November 2023 at 8am

Interviews:
To be confirmed

Islington is a vibrant, diverse and dynamic borough and you will play a key role in helping us to create a more equal Islington by supporting our ambition for all private renters to have a safe and decent home.

There are a range of benefits to working for Islington:

Up to 30 days leave per year
A range of flexible working arrangements
Excellent pension scheme
Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential
Annual season ticket loan
Zone 12 Travelcard
Cycle to Work Scheme and discounted gym memberships
Payroll giving
Personal computer incentive scheme

Deal with service requests, including complaints in a timely manner, and take appropriate follow up action.

Carry out inspections of properties, identify deficiencies and assess hazards to health and safety.

Use enforcement powers as authorised including service of notices, simple cautions, civil penalty notices and prosecutions.

Secure improvements to standards and management in private rented housing.

Provide expert advice to landlords, agents, tenants and other relevant people.

Investigate unlicensed HMOs and other privately rented properties covered by either mandatory licensing or the additional and selective licensing schemes.

Maintain an up to date comprehensive record on all aspects of work, including inspection records and follow up action.

Use data and intelligence to support service objectives

Carry out duties in accordance with legal requirements, guidance issued by external agencies and internal procedures.

Collect, prepare and present evidence at court hearings and residential property tribunals

Maintain good working relationships with internal and external agencies, landlords, partners and private renters.

Provide professional, expert support and advice and represent the team at meetings, working parties and inter-agency groups.

Maintain professional competency and keep up to date with environmental health legislation, codes of practice and technical requirements relevant to the post

Hold a general knowledge of other areas of specialism within environmental health and be able to undertake those functions if required or move teams or assist with other teams.

Participate in the operation of the service including developing policy and practice, awareness raising activities and projects

Work occasionally outside normal office hours where the demands of the service require this

Assist with training and development of staff and trainees assigned to the team.

Assist and deputise for the Environmental Health Manager as required.