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Lead Environmental Health Practitioner Housing

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Co West Midlands, United Kingdom Venn Group Full time

Principal Environmental Health Officer (Housing - Fire Safety) Start: May/June 2024
Hybrid

Our client is seeking an energetic and motivated Specialist EHO, who is suitably qualified, knowledgeable and highly experienced in private rented housing to join a newly created ‘ Specialist Fire Safety team ’.

You will be working as the housing expert within a ‘Specialist Fire Safety Team’ (SFST). SFST sits within Private Rented Housing. You will work alongside key enforcement partners, stakeholders, and businesses we will require duty holders to remove, reduce and remediate fire safety risks using a range of management and enforcement tools.

You will already be working as a lead/specialist EHO, for private sector housing in a busy Housing authority
It is essential you possess an expert and detailed understanding of private sector housing legislation/ codes of practice and have the ability to exercise sound professional judgement in its interpretation and implementation
It is desirable to have experience in using the HHSRS operating guidance: addendum for the profile for the hazard of fire and in relation to cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings, or experience in assessing the hazard of fire in similar complex buildings
Ideally you will have expert knowledge of fire safety features and systems associated with high-rise/ complex residential buildings
It will be essential to have experience of multi-agency, stakeholder and partnership working
Excellent IT skills and computer literacy to include M3 and other software used to record data for the SFST
During site visits it will be essential to take accurate notes, detailed observations on technical fire safety related findings

To help develop the SFST in delivering its current and future business objectives
To conduct joint fire safety inspections/ audits on site visits, while supporting the other SFST members in carrying out their specialist functions, so creating a combined report
Identify, record and report on potential fire hazards and recommend corrective actions
To carefully consider, discuss and decide on the most applicable legislation to resolve fire safety concerns
Be open to using a range of informal and formal enforcement tools, or intervention types, to remediate fire safety hazards in a range of high-rise residential buildings or be able to agree on establish the most appropriate course of action to bring about remediation
Ensure compliance within the HHSRS and its addendum on ‘fire safety’
To advise and support the team in reviewing fire safety documentation for existing buildings
To provide technical and interpretation on fire safety legislation for writing informal and formal notices
To collaborate, consult and communicate with key fire partners at WMFS
To liaise with a range of other persons, to include local authority enforcement officers, building safety managers, stakeholders, responsible persons and their managing agents
To keep up to date with Housing legislation, GOV.UK updates, policies, procedures, codes of practices, standards or guidance, or any information to betterment the SFST’s objectives
A formal Environmental Health qualification that is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
At least 3 years’ experience in a specialist or lead Environmental Health Officer position within a Housing Authority
You should be receptive, or willing to receive further specialist fire safety, or any other training, the section perceives as valuable
Competent using and applying the Housing Act 2004, and has an acceptable knowledge and can demonstrate operational experience in carrying out HHSRS assessments; to include the hazard of fire
It is desirable the candidate has worked in joint working operations with colleagues in private/ public sector housing authorities


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