Housing Standards Officer – South East

Location:

Region: Seraing
Country: United Kingdom

Role:

  • Industry: Social Housing
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance

Salary:

Salary: £35 - £40 per hour

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 26/06/2023
Job Reference: CS2905PH_1685367419

Housing Standards Officer – South East

HOUSING STANDARDS OFFICER – 6 MONTH ASSIGNMENT

One of my local authority clients based within the South East are currently on the search for an experienced Housing Standards Officer/ Private Sector Housing Officer to join their existing housing team.

Main duties and responsibilities

  • Investigation of complaints regarding housing disrepair, in line with council policies and procedures, using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS). Where appropriate, to initiate and follow through formal enforcement action under Housing Act 2004.
  • Mandatory licensing of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) including investigation and enforcement of unlicensed HMOs.
  • Undertake immigration housing assessments of house condition, size, over-crowding, etc. and produce reports/recommendations.
  • Work with the council’s home improvement agency to facilitate housing repair grants and loans in line with their Housing Assistance Grants and Loans Policy.
  • Investigate long-term empty properties with a view to bringing them back into use.
  • Implement and enforce Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency Standards for Private Rented Properties (MEES) (Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015).
  • Implement and enforce the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020.
  • Make referrals to council fuel poverty and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) grant schemes.

You will be required on site 3 days per week with the remaining 2 days working from home.

There is an expectancy to hit the ground running therefore recent previous experience conducting HHSRS inspections (minimum 2 years) within a local authority setting is essential.

Role: Housing Standards Officer

Contract: 6 Months
Rate: DOE
Start Date: ASAP
Hours: 37 p/w

If you are interested in this role, please send your most up-to-date CV on , or feel free to give me a call on 0115 666 6399.

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

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Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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