Private Sector Housing Officer · Hybrid

Location:

Region: South West
Country: United Kingdom

Role:

  • Industry: Engineering
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Rate: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 14/09/2026
Job Reference: TCFGHJKSD

Private Sector Housing Officer · Hybrid

Contract Environmental Health Officer (Private Sector Housing)

South West 📍 Hybrid Working | 🏠 Paid Accommodation Provided | 💷 £45 per hour (Umbrella/Inside IR35 dependent on client)

 

What's on Offer?

  • £45 per hour
  • Paid accommodation provided
  • Hybrid working arrangement with home-based flexibility
  • Regular site inspections across the region
  • Long-term contract opportunity
  • Supportive team environment
  • Immediate interviews available

 

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Environmental Health Officer (Private Sector Housing) to support a busy and proactive Local Authority team in the South West.

This is an excellent opportunity for an EHO with strong Private Sector Housing experience to join a friendly and supportive team responsible for regulating the private rented sector, improving housing standards, and protecting public health.

 

The Role

You will be responsible for a varied caseload covering a range of Private Sector Housing and Environmental Health functions, including:

  • Investigating complaints relating to housing conditions within the private rented sector
  • Carrying out inspections of licensed residential accommodation and Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
  • Conducting property surveys and assessments to support the HMO licensing process
  • Producing schedules of work and ensuring compliance with relevant housing legislation
  • Taking enforcement action where necessary to improve housing standards
  • Supporting wider Environmental Health functions, including:
  • Statutory nuisance investigations
  • Public health matters
  • Drainage issues
  • Caravan site inspections
  • Unauthorised encampments
  • Supporting landlord registration and licensing initiatives

 

Requirements

To be considered, you will ideally have:

  • A Degree in Environmental Health or equivalent qualification
  • Previous Local Authority experience within Private Sector Housing
  • Strong knowledge of Housing Act legislation and HMO regulation
  • Experience conducting inspections and producing enforcement notices
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to manage a busy and varied workload independently
  • A proactive approach to enforcement and problem-solving
  • HHSRS qualification or relevant assessment experience desirable

 

If you are interested in this role, apply below or send your CV to contact@g2recruitment.com

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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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

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.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
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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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Meghan Mcloughlin
Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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