Job description
Contract Terms
Starting salary: PO2 (£41,442- £44,331) - PO4 (£47,532 - £50,574)
Hours per week: 36 per week, Hybrid Working
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 29th June 2025
Interviews: w/c 7th July 2025 (Expected)
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work - the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About the Role
1. To achieve compliance with statutory requirements through investigation, inspection and property Licensing.
2. To achieve Council and service unit objectives by improving the living conditions for households privately renting
3. To ensure non-compliant landlords are enforced against using the most appropriate legislation.
About the Team
The private sector housing team is currently a small group of people passionate about improving conditions in the private rented sector of our Borough. We are a very friendly team and will aim to ensure the successful candidate is very happy and supported.
About You
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk .
Attachments
Contract Terms
Starting salary: PO2 (£41,442- £44,331) - PO4 (£47,532 - £50,574)
Hours per week: 36 per week, Hybrid Working
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 29th June 2025
Interviews: w/c 7th July 2025 (Expected)
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work - the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About the Role
1. To achieve compliance with statutory requirements through investigation, inspection and property Licensing.
2. To achieve Council and service unit objectives by improving the living conditions for households privately renting
3. To ensure non-compliant landlords are enforced against using the most appropriate legislation.
About the Team
The private sector housing team is currently a small group of people passionate about improving conditions in the private rented sector of our Borough. We are a very friendly team and will aim to ensure the successful candidate is very happy and supported.
About You
- Proven experience in a similar, comparable role within the housing sector, ideally as a Private Sector Housing Officer or in a related regulatory capacity.
- A strong understanding of housing legislation, landlord and tenant law, and enforcement procedures.
- Ideally, an Environmental Health degree or a related qualification.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to engage effectively with a diverse range of people and organisations using verbal, non-verbal, and written communication to influence, persuade, negotiate, and disseminate information.
- Acute self-awareness, demonstrating an understanding of your strengths and weaknesses and how to interact effectively with others.
- Strong research and evaluation skills, enabling you to gather, analyse, and interpret information effectively.
- A demonstrable understanding of professional ethics, consistently taking into account the wider consequences of your actions.
- A meticulous approach to record-keeping and case management.
- The ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing a varied caseload efficiently.
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk .
Attachments
- JE168A_Private Sector Housing Enforcement Officer 1.pdf