Environmental Health Housing Standards Officer
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Grade SHO5/SH06
Join Surrey Heath Borough Council and be part of an organisation whois committed to delivery through meaningful community engagement and excellent customer have a friendly and supportive staff culturewith people who want to help make a real difference in our communityfor everyone that lives and works welcome a culture of innovation and creativity by welcomingnew ideasfrom everyone.
About the Role
We are looking for a qualified Environmental Health Officer (EHO)/ Housing Standards Officer to carry out and support the work of the Environmental Health & Licensing ServicesHousing Standards Team across a range of functions. The postholder will be required to demonstrate a good working knowledge of housing and public health legislation and have experience of prioritising and managing a varied caseload of local authority regulatory inspections/ investigations including the licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation/Caravan Sites and arranging public welfare funerals. The role will also involve enforcement of the new renters right legislation. The SH05 salary grade is applicable to the Housing Standards Officer role.
About You
You will be enthusiasticcommittedand self-motivated with good organisational skills. You must be an excellent communicator and be confident in dealing with members of the public businesses electedMembersand other agencies. You will need a proactive approach and be able to work on your own initiative with minimalsupervision butalso be able to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive public health outcomes. A flexible approach to the work undertaken and the hours/location worked will also be needed to enable changing service priorities to be met.
Full details of theperson specificationandresponsibilitiesof this role can be found inthe Job Profile.
Additional Information
Benefits
We are committed to providing a healthy work life balance for our employees with hybrid working and other flexible working arrangements on offer. A laptop and mobile phone will be provided for your role if applicable. We offer a generous benefits package including a minimum of 24 days annual leave rising to 29 days after 5 years service plus Bank Holidays a generous local government pension scheme free parking for all employees and payment of a professional membership fee. As well as subsidised gym membership at our local Places Leisure Centre and great savings from supermarkets shopping cycle to work schemes and holidays via the My Staff Shop scheme.
This role also includes a1239annual essential carallowance.
Closing date: 15thMarch 2026
Interview date: 20th March 2026
Contact details
For an informal discussion please contactFrances Soper Environmental Healthand LicensingManageron orJackie Priestman Housing Standards Team Leaderon
Equal Opportunities
Surrey Heath Borough Council Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to safer recruitment and equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability please call to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements.
Please note:
All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines which includes standard identification referencing and unspent conviction checks. Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.
For the best chance of successful application please read the Job Description and Personal Specification fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. If you choose to submit your CV with your application form we request that you remove all your personal details before uploading your CV. This will ensure that Managers cannot see your personal details when completing their shortlist. If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.
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Key Skills
- Section 8
- Public Health
- Data Collection
- Ellucian
- Banking
- Fair Housing Regulations
- LIHTC
- Budgeting
- Economic Development
- Real Estate Law
- Logistics
- Statistical Analysis
