Housing Standards Officer
Derby City Council
United Kingdom
Published 1 week ago
Housing / Neighbourhood management
Directorate: Place
Hours: 18.5 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Council House/Remote Working
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
We're looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity in housing enforcement, helping to ensure safe, healthy and well maintained homes for all private rented sector tenants.
Derby City Council is a great place to work, and we offer the freedom of homeworking and flexibility under our excellent work life balance scheme, generous annual leave and pension scheme.
We are offering a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly and supportive, Housing Standards Team where you can use your experience and skills to make a real difference.
You will be given every opportunity to take on responsibility and make full use of your technical knowledge. You will have a varied and challenging case load, advising landlords on property conditions and energy efficiency, providing support and guidance to tenants, whilst also tackling those who flout the law.
The role includes:
• Inspections of private rented dwellings
• Identifying hazards and housing disrepair under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
• Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation
• Supporting the team in enforcing housing standards and taking appropriate action
• Liaising with landlords, tenants and other stakeholders
• Preparing reports and maintaining accurate records.
About you:
The successful candidates will be a confident professional with excellent organisational skills. As Derby City has a wide and diverse population, you must have good communication and negotiation skills as you will be dealing with a mixed audience of residents, landlords, partner agencies and other stakeholders. It is essential you have a good understanding of current housing legislation and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to maintain clear and accurate records.
You will need:
1. Possession of a degree in Environmental Health or equivalent
or
2. Possession of one of the following:
• CIEH approved Higher Certificate in Housing Practice
• CIEH approved Diploma in Housing Regulation
• Successfully completed a Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer (Housing) Apprenticeship
• BTech in Environmental Health
• HNC level qualification in building construction / surveying
Or be working towards completion of one of the above.
3. Relevant experience in the standards of housing in the private rented sector
A full driving licence and use of a car is essential.
If you would like to join our friendly team and be at the cutting edge of housing enforcement, we would be delighted to hear from you.
For an informal chat please contact Dawn Deakin on 01332 642373 or dawn.deakin@derby.gov.uk
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:
• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Friday 22 August 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Wednesday 3 September 2025.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
Please see Job Description here
Please see Person Specification here
Hours: 18.5 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Council House/Remote Working
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
We're looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity in housing enforcement, helping to ensure safe, healthy and well maintained homes for all private rented sector tenants.
Derby City Council is a great place to work, and we offer the freedom of homeworking and flexibility under our excellent work life balance scheme, generous annual leave and pension scheme.
We are offering a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly and supportive, Housing Standards Team where you can use your experience and skills to make a real difference.
You will be given every opportunity to take on responsibility and make full use of your technical knowledge. You will have a varied and challenging case load, advising landlords on property conditions and energy efficiency, providing support and guidance to tenants, whilst also tackling those who flout the law.
The role includes:
• Inspections of private rented dwellings
• Identifying hazards and housing disrepair under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
• Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation
• Supporting the team in enforcing housing standards and taking appropriate action
• Liaising with landlords, tenants and other stakeholders
• Preparing reports and maintaining accurate records.
About you:
The successful candidates will be a confident professional with excellent organisational skills. As Derby City has a wide and diverse population, you must have good communication and negotiation skills as you will be dealing with a mixed audience of residents, landlords, partner agencies and other stakeholders. It is essential you have a good understanding of current housing legislation and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to maintain clear and accurate records.
You will need:
1. Possession of a degree in Environmental Health or equivalent
or
2. Possession of one of the following:
• CIEH approved Higher Certificate in Housing Practice
• CIEH approved Diploma in Housing Regulation
• Successfully completed a Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer (Housing) Apprenticeship
• BTech in Environmental Health
• HNC level qualification in building construction / surveying
Or be working towards completion of one of the above.
3. Relevant experience in the standards of housing in the private rented sector
A full driving licence and use of a car is essential.
If you would like to join our friendly team and be at the cutting edge of housing enforcement, we would be delighted to hear from you.
For an informal chat please contact Dawn Deakin on 01332 642373 or dawn.deakin@derby.gov.uk
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:
• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Friday 22 August 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Wednesday 3 September 2025.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
Please see Job Description here
Please see Person Specification here