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3 months contract with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Council

Job Summary:

Seeking a professional with experience in Environmental Health or Housing Standards to join our Residential Enforcement Team.

We work as a shared service across Kingston and Sutton and deal with all aspects of residential environmental health.

Sample of Key Duties/Accountabilities:

As a member of a team, to provide services to the communities within Kingston and Sutton through a single shared service delivery model across the two council areas covering a range of disciplines within regulatory services (to be agreed).

To arrange and organise a personal case/workload, within boundaries agreed with the relevant Service Manager, but also taking the initiative in responding and adjusting to the changing demands of the team as required.

Undertake unaccompanied visits and inspections (unless concerns exist about personal safety or specialist advice required in support) to residential and business premises in response to both reactive complaints and proactive risk-based inspection programmes.

To review information and evidence gathered during a regulatory and compliance visit or inspection and formulate an appropriate response e.g. no action, informal advice or formal action.

Consistent with the above, to initiate and take responsibility for sending letters, emails and formal notices to individual members of the public and businesses/organisations on relevant regulatory and enforcement matters, seeking specific approval from the Lead Office or Service Manager in more complex cases or where required by scheme of delegated authority and commensurate with individual knowledge and experience.

Where required, to take responsibility for the operation and maintenance (e.g. calibration and testing) of high asset value specialised technical equipment that supports investigations and measurements of environmental and trading standards matters within the community (e.g. noise monitoring and air quality monitoring equipment, temperature probes).

To critically analyse qualitative and quantitative evidence and data provided or collected to establish whether an intervention is required to protect health, safety or welfare e.g. to establish whether a statutory nuisance exists, a weights and measures infringement or a specialist consultant s report into microbial analysis of food.

Essential Experience Required:

Housing standards in the private rented sector and issues including.

HHSRS inspections.

House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing.

Noise nuisance.

Another statutory nuisance.

Filthy & Verminous premises.

Pest control enforcement.

Campsite licensing.

Drainage.

Essential Qualifications Required:

You will need a qualification in Environmental Health or the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).

Membership of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Trading Standards Institute or relevant housing and/or licensing body (Desirable)

The closing date for this position is Monday 20/03/2023 @ 16:00