Environmental Health Officer

**East Suffolk Council, Melton/Lowestoft**:

- **£29,269 - £45,441 (Band 5 - Band 8)**:

- **37 hours per week**:

- **Permanent**

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Private Sector Housing Team as an **Environmental Health Officer / Environmental Health Technical Officer**.

**Your role**:
We are a dynamic, forward thinking and friendly team based along the beautiful East Coast from Lowestoft to Felixstowe. Despite the idyllic location we have some significant urban housing challenges and rural poverty issues. We are looking for someone who wants to join us to create better housing conditions across our district and shares our drive and ambition to make a difference.

Are you a motivated team player who can be adaptable, able to work both independently and collaboratively to achieve real improvements in the quality of homes in East Suffolk?

Working in our core Private Sector Housing team, alongside multiple project teams including Safe Suffolk Renters - a government funded initiative looking at delivering private sector housing solutions differently - you will work in both an educational and regulatory capacity to help improve the quality of the housing in East Suffolk, dealing with some a range of housing issues, using the wide range of statutory powers available to us.

You will have, or you will gain, experience identifying and remedying housing disrepair using a vast legislative toolkit, take enforcement action which ranges from informal advice through to Court or Tribunal hearings, identify and address compliance issues with houses in multiple occupation, support residents who hoard by working collaboratively, provide much needed grant funding to provide property improvements and deal with other housing-related issues such as rats, rubbish and more.

You will be able to work under pressure, be able to work pro-actively with other council teams and external agencies and be able to interpret legislation to provide guidance to residents and landlords in the sector.

**What you will need**:
For **Environmental Health Technical Officer**:
You will understand building construction, with experience (or an understanding) of working in a regulatory role. Experience working for a local authority, construction industry or other government role would be an advantage. You will have a minimum of a level 3 qualification (A Level) or a similar equivalent.

Additionally, for **Environmental Health Officer**:
You will have a relevant degree in Environmental Health and have either started or completed your professional Environmental Health or Housing Health Practitioner registration.

For either level, you will require your own car and a valid UK driving licence.

**Why work for us?**

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, **take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube)**.

**Here are some of the main benefits**:

- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
- Local government pension scheme
- Flexible working arrangements
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
- Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our **benefits brochure (pdf)**.

**For more information**

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact:
**Sarah Allison (Operational Lead)** on **(01394) 444644 **from 22 - 30 August.

**Vicky Cotterill (Team Leader) **on **(01502) 523160** from 02 - 12 September.

**Closing date: 11:30 am, 12 September 2024.**

**Interview date: w/c 23 September 2024.**

**How to apply**

**Step 1 - **Read the advert and the **Job Description and Person Specification**.

**Step 2 - **Complete the **Supporting Statement template (docx)**. Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).