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About the Role

This role involves improving the standard of private sector housing stock in the borough, proactively identifying and issuing licenses for residential accommodation, and improving poor living conditions. You will act as an Authorised Officer to enforce statutory provisions.

Responsibilities

• Improve the standard of the private sector housing stock in the borough.
• Proactively identify and issue licenses for residential accommodation.
• Improve poor living conditions.
• Enforce statutory provisions as an Authorised Officer.

Requirements

• Experience in investigating and enforcing housing standards in the private rented sector.
• Experience delivering and enforcing HMO and selective licensing schemes in line with local policy and national housing legislation.
• Hold a HHSRS qualification.
• Detailed knowledge of housing legislation, property construction, building regulations, planning requirements, disrepair, property maintenance, landlord and tenant rights, and the effects of housing conditions on health.
• Must complete the application fully.
• Supporting statement must cover how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.
• Subject to a basic DBS check.

Skills

• Problem solving
• Private sector housing enforcement and regulation
• Improving housing standards

Location

• Laurence House, 1 Catford Rd, London SE6 4RU

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• HHSRS qualification

Salary/Compensations

• £49,155 - £51,228 per annum (plus 7% MFS) (P03)

Benefits

• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

About the Company

• Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!
• We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Equal Opportunity

• Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer.
• We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities.
• If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert.
• We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process.
• We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply.