What's involved with this role:
Temporary Private Sector Housing Enforcement Officer
Reference no: Luton 104112
Pay Rate: £18.26 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: LUTON
Inspect dwellings, administer awards under housing assistance schemes and undertake enforcement work for private sector housing.
Key Responsibilities:
Inspect dwellings; prepare plans, schedules of work and reports and recommend enforcement action. Inspect completed work and assess guarantees, gas and electrical completion certificates.
Investigate basic and routine service requests concerning premises and persons, instigate action in accordance with regulation, including consultation with professionals, Departments and Agencies.
Advise on:
Enforcement actions where appropriate,
Departmental initiatives including Decent Homes, home maintenance and energy efficiency initiatives for dwellings and affordable warmth for their occupiers.
Referrals to the Council’s HIA Team, Occupational Therapists,
Adult Social Care including Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA) and other relevant agencies.
Actively participate in appropriate internal and external training initiatives to develop roles within the Service and enable movement through the progression scheme.
Under the guidance of the Residential Regulatory Manager, undertake and participate in specific projects e.g. area and street surveys; and assist in the delivery of CPD training sessions on specific issues.
Key requirements:
A Qualification in Building Construction or Technology, eg, B/Tech or equivalent demonstrable relevant experience.
Demonstrable knowledge of Building construction and Building services.
Demonstrable experience of inspection or assessment of building works or similar environment
Able to deal politely and tactfully, persuade and influence a wide range of people at all levels.
Able to inspect and measure premises and analyse results.
Able to write and maintain accurate written reports, specifications and other records.
Able to work effectively within a Team Structure.
Able to travel throughout the Borough and undertake building surveys, including using steps and ladders to gain access to loft and roof spaces. (Frequency daily)
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 directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
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.
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Job Ref: Luton 104112
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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