What's involved with this role: Temporary Senior Housing Officer – Property Services Job Ref: Teignbridge 5257965 Pay Rate: £17.53 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3-4 months City: Newton Abbot, Devon Hybrid working - 3 days in the office The successful candidate will enforce, maintain and improve standards of private sector housing on behalf of the Authority including identifying and reducing the number of long-term empty properties. Key Responsibilities: To provide financial assistance through grants and loans and to improve the energy efficiency of homes. Raise standards through a range of activities including property inspections, HHSRS assessments, drafting schedules of work, preparing, and serving formal notices and preparing cases for prosecution, Civil Penalty imposition and evidence for Tribunal/Court submission. Risk assess and inspect houses in multiple occupation (HMO’s) with partner agencies where necessary including determining eligibility for HMO licensing. Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation in order to ensure HMO’s are safe, habitable and well-managed. Provide advice to tenants, private and social landlords, letting agents and other professional agencies on housing conditions and the legislation relating to housing standards. Work jointly with the Housing Options team to ensure safe and secure accommodation for homeless and vulnerable clients, tackle harassment and unlawful eviction and provide a joined-up housing service for residents. Support landlords to access financial assistance to raise standards in the private rented sector. Prepare drawings, detailed specifications and/or schedule of rates, to enable tendering for grant approval and for the purposes of Building Control and Planning Authorities approval as and when required. Analyse quotations provided by builders to ensure accuracy and cost effectiveness. Liaise with contractors to ensure works are carried out appropriately, including regular site meetings, and agree any variations required. Carry out test of resources so that residents can be informed of any contribution required towards grants and advise of other financial assistance that may be available. Qualifications: A minimum literacy and numeracy level equivalent to Grade C or new Grade 4 in English and Mathematics. Level 3 Certificate in Housing or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience working within job role for 2 years. Commitment to undertake HHSRS competency certificate. Skills & Experience: 2 years relevant experience. Experience dealing with customers, with an ability to negotiate and problem solve. Relevant housing experience working within a local authority or within building or construction industry. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite). Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please