Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of our client based in Manchester for a Housing Enforcement Officer - Compliance and Enforcement Specialist (Housing).
This role will be based within the Housing Team and will involve enforcement work within Private Sector Housing and your main contacts will be with private sector tenants and landlords/owners.
You will be required to have a practical approach to applying enforcement legislation with an understanding of building construction and issues affecting both private sector tenants and owners
This is a full time, temporary role, initially until November 2024 and offers a pay rate of £40p/h.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Support with the delivery of the client's statutory enforcement obligations and where necessary liaise with other departments or relevant bodies.
- Deal effectively with requests for within designated timescales and maintaining accurate records of all relevant investigations, inspections and meetings
- Provide technical and legislative advice in interpretation and enforcement of relevant legislation to officers across Neighbourhood Services. Assist in the review and translation of statutory regulations, legislation and national guidelines.
- Work closely with key stakeholders to develop and maintain effective partnerships, linkages and greater coordinated working ensuring effective community and member engagement and clear channels of communication
- Ensure that complex information is interpreted to a high standard and potential solutions are communicated to relevant parties
Person Specification
- Qualified in Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) or willingness to work towards
- In depth knowledge, understanding and practical application of housing legislation or a degree in Environmental Health or an HNC in Environmental Health
- Excellent time management skills, creating own work schedules, prioritising, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales for own self and others. Has the ability to visualise a sequence of actions needed to achieve a specific goal and how to estimate the resources required.
- Ability to formulate independently a range of options for new or unfamiliar situations and to select the appropriate course of action to produce a logical, practical and acceptable solution. An ability to make independent decisions of a relatively uniform nature.
Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.
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