Compliance Officer

**PERMANENT**:FULL TIME 37 HOURS**
**SALARY**:£34,314 to £37,035**
**LOCATION**:TIVERTON**

We have a vacancy for a full time Compliance Officer to join our Planned Maintenance Team at our offices at Old Road.

**Our benefits include**:

- Competitive hourly rate of pay
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlements
- A flexible benefits scheme including access to a discount shopping (online and high street) and events
- Discounted leisure memberships
- Free uniform and DBS check
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Monday to Friday (except following the 8 bank holidays and Christmas)

As a Compliance Officer your** duties will include but are not limited**:

- To work as a Specialist Officer supporting the delivery of statutory duties connected with the housing functions of Mid Devon Housing.
- To respond to service requests/enquiries for housing and take appropriate action where necessary.
- To inspect dwellings to assess the condition using knowledge and experience of the Housing Health and Safety Rating Scheme (HHRSS) to identify hazards. To prepare schedules, notices and remedial information for service on owners/occupiers/tenants as appropriate to remedy faults and hazards.
- To support other housing work in relation to fire risk assessments and asbestos surveys and inspections.
- Take appropriate action following inspections including the preparation of reports, correspondence and notices and undertaking revisits to ensure compliance.
- To Investigate complaints regarding housing conditions and take appropriate action.
- To accurately maintain registers, record actions taken and assist with the completion of statistical information when required.
- To maintain professional competence and provide support and guidance to colleagues.
- Work outside the normal hours of work as and when required for the proper execution of the Council’s duties. Assist with out-of-hours duties and if the Council has to deal with the results of a civil emergency.

At **Mid Devon**we value: Pride, People, Performance and Partnerships

**About you**:

- Be qualified to B/TEC in Construction or similar and have experience of housing inspections including the Housing Health and Safety Rating Scheme
- A good knowledge of Building Construction, the Decent Homes Standard and undertake training on Fire Risk Assessments, asbestos surveys and other training when needed.
- Able to communicate clearly and deal with vulnerable tenants as well as able to work unsupervised.
- Ability to work as part of a team and produce reports.
- Full driving licence and use of a car to travel throughout the district. Ability to climb ladders and access roof spaces.

**To find out more**:
To find out more about this role please contact Stephen Bennett on 01884 255255

For full details please read the Job Description and Person Specification - Compliance Officer

The Job Description refers to the level of competencies required for this post. For an explanation of what this means, please see Core Competencies.

A satisfactory basic disclosure check and three years complete employment history will be requested in the event of you being offered the position.

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor skilled worker visas at this time. For more information on pre-employment checks, please review the documents found here.

**How to apply**:
**People Services**
Mid Devon District Council
Phoenix House
Phoenix Lane
Tiverton, Devon
EX16 6PP

Please remember to quote the following post and vacancy numbers:
**CLOSING DATE**:

- 29 January at 5:00pm

**POST NUMBER**:

- HB62

**VACANCY NUMBER**:

- 2025008

Thank you for showing an interest in this vacancy and we wish you every success with your on-going job search.