Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success. Fixed Term for 2 years. The Environmental Health service carry inspections and interventions in relation to Housing, Statutory Nuisance, Public Health, Environmental Crime, Food Safety, Health and Safety, Pollution Control, Environmental Protection, and Dog Control. You will help tackle poor housing by delivering proactive and effective enforcement measures set out in the Council’s Housing Enforcement Policy. The temporary post will assist Social Landlords to ensure that compliance checks for gas and electric safety (and other areas of compliance) are completed. Requirements: Experience and/or qualifications within an environmental health or housing enforcement role. Up to date knowledge of environmental health and housing legislation. Next Steps: Closing Date: Sunday, 13 April 2025 at 23:59pm. At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: (below) Neil Walklett, Housing Enforcement Officer - Neil.WalklettKnowsley.gov.uk / 07966830610 Adam Bucior, Team Leader Environmental Health - Adam.BuciorKnowsley.gov.uk / 07584370961 At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time. We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants. If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification. Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.