Environmental Health Officer

4 days ago


Malton, United Kingdom NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL Full time

**Environmental Health Officer - Housing Standards (Private Sector)**

**Salary**: £40,221 - £44,428

Hours: 37 per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid/ Malton area with the expectation to visit sites across the East of the county - office base to be discussed, we have several locations across North Yorkshire

**Are you someone who has a passion for helping others? Are you looking for a role that can make a real difference to the lives of our residents?**

If so, you are just what we are looking for

We are looking for an Environmental Health Officer, who will protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of our residents through raising housing standards and providing high quality support and advice to residents.

**Our Service**

The purpose of our Housing Standards Service is to improve housing standards, ensuring all privately rented accommodation is well managed, properly maintained, safe and habitable. This is achieved by providing advice and guidance and where necessary by enforcing relevant legislation to deliver the Councils statutory Housing functions.

**The Role**

As an Environmental Health Officer, you are fundamental to ensuring the successful delivery of the Housing Standards Service. The role requires you to provide a proactive, expert, and timely approach to raising housing standards in the private sector. You will provide high-quality support and a full range of effective interventions including advice and education, undertaking inspections of accommodation, investigating complaints and where appropriate take necessary enforcement action to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of our residents.

You will also:

- Work with internal and external stakeholders, building effective relationships with partner organisations, public agencies, and the private sector.
- Carry out a range of interventions including advice and education, inspection/audit of accommodation using a risk-based system (HHSRS) investigating complaints.
- Ensure that residential accommodation is to a safe and decent standard and where necessary take enforcement action.
- Taking the lead in enforcement and regulation, preparing, and serving legal notices in accordance with the Council’s Housing Enforcement Policy.
- Assist in maintaining selective/additional licensing areas, mandatory HMO inspections and licensing in accordance with the Housing Act 2004 and associated legislation.
- Deliver an excellent customer focused service.

For more details, please see the attached job description.

**What you will bring**

You will hold a degree in Environmental Health (BSc or MSc) and be a qualified Environmental Health Officer registered by the Environmental Health Registration Board and hold membership of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and relevant legal training, for example, PACE, RIPA, CPIA. You will also have in depth knowledge of current guidance and legislation regarding the area of Housing.

You will have experience of evaluating and organising information to aid fast paced decision making based upon evidence within an ever-changing environment. You will have the ability to work under pressure, with the ability to effectively prioritise, plan and organise workloads to ensure deadlines and targets are met.

Excellent communication skills are a must, both written and oral with the ability to problem solve and find pragmatic solutions, and experience of managing conflicts and complaints.

**Working for us**

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus, lots more

**Contact and Apply**

For more information and contact details for an informal chat please click on the Apply.

**Key Dates**

Closing date: 12th June 2024

Shortlisting: 13th June 2024

Interview date: 20th & 21st June 2024

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £40,221.00-£44,428.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Malton



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