Senior To/env Health Practitioner

2 months ago

Shefford, United Kingdom Central Bedfordshire Council Full time

**Team**: Housing Solutions

**Job Family**: Enabling - CGB12
**Salary**: £40,705 to 45,657 per annum pro rata
**Hours**: 37 hours per week

**Location**: Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend a CBC office location on a monthly basis, and as needed to carry out your role

**Contract Type**: Hybrid - Permanent

**Interview Date**: 4th September 2023 - At the interview, there will be face-to-face questions from the interview panel, as well as a written activity/test, which you will be given the details of if you are shortlisted for the interview.

**About Us**:
Central Bedfordshire is an ambitious authority, determined to be an exemplary one. Our strategic location and high quality of life mean we are one of the fastest growing areas in the country.

As a council we face the same challenges every business does - investing in the right places and delivering great results. Except for us, it’s all about our 289,000 residents. We’re totally focussed on helping to improve their lives and making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work.

We have set values and principles to represent the way we work and how we operate as an organisation. You can view a list of these in detail on our website.

This is a great time to join us on our journey.

**About the role**

At Central Bedfordshire Council, we do all we can to ensure that people have safe and healthy homes. We want to make Central Bedfordshire a great place to work and live - and that means tackling poor living conditions and improving the quality of resident’s lives. As an Senior Environmental Health Officer / Technical Officer within the housing service you will be facilitating the delivery of Housing Assistance (Grants/Loans - mandatory and discretionary), as well as supporting the continuous improvement of the lives of many in the private rented sector across Central Bedfordshire, You will work within a Housing Assistance role, as well as enforcement and licensing environment. Find your greatness by working in a team that focuses on great outcomes for residents.

The role is both varied and interesting and combines the full range of private sector housing functions, mainly managing complex Housing Assistance (Grants and Loans) cases, both mandatory and discretionary, via our Home Improvement Agency. You will be supporting others with your experience in building construction and grant/loan delivery. You may also have responsibility for the enforcement of housing standards and overseeing complex enforcement cases and may HMO licensing.

To meet the requirements of this exciting role you must have expertise in building construction / surveying and specification writing and grant delivery, housing enforcement, court attendance and demonstrate you have experience working at a Senior EHO/TO, demonstrating all of the key skills and competencies required for this role. This includes:

- High level skills in communication
- Ability to negotiate and manage conflict to achieve desired results.
- Comprehensive understanding of strategic implications in the short and long-term
- Ability to adjust your approach to ensure collaboration and coproduction with colleagues and key partners
- Ability to forge quality professional relationships
- Understanding resource implications
- Supportive of others and understand and identify their strengths and developmental needs
- Provide sound advice and guidance to resolve complex situations
- Expert problem-solving skills ie find solutions not fault
- Support others to understand change showing empathy and understanding of others views.
- Be flexible and respond to changing priorities and demands
- Inspire others by being an exemplary role model
- Act in a professional manner at all times
- Be an effective mentor
- Have a high level of emotional intelligence
- Ability to accept and deliver critical reflection

You will be self-motivated but also able to work effectively as part of a team to bring about desired outcomes. We pride ourselves in providing excellent customer service and will therefore expect you to be able to contribute to this with strong interpersonal skills.

You will be provided with the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills further through appropriate training and will also play a role in the development of other colleagues within the team.

**What we can offer you**

As well as joining a friendly, dedicated, and hardworking team you will have access to numerous benefits, including:

- A hybrid working arrangement giving you the option to work from home and access any CBC office location. We recognise and value the importance of supporting our employees to balance their home and work life and to be able to work in the most efficient way.
- A £250 one-off hybrid worker payment to help you adapt your home for safe and suitable working conditions
- A comprehensive IT package to support you to work safely and effectively
- The a

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