Compliance Officer – Private Sector Housing

Compliance Officer – Private Sector Housing

• Surrey
• Salary: £41,110 to £48,519
• Excellent benefits
• Guildford Borough Council
• Closing date: 3 June 2024

Guildford Borough is a regional centre for leisure, business, education, retail, and culture. Guildford is a thriving market town that has maintained much of its historic character and is a principal shopping destination with a vibrant night-time economy. The town’s location provides excellent transport links as well as providing the balance of being surrounded by beautiful countryside, including the Surrey Hills, an Area of Outstanding Beauty. All these factors contribute to a quality of life that makes Guildford one of the best places to live in the UK.
We would like to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Officer with experience in the licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation/Caravan Sites and enforcement in Private Sector Housing to join a multi-skilled, Compliance Team. The team regulates a diverse range of disciplines including environmental control, public health, food safety, health & safety, licensing, planning, Private Sector Housing and environmental crime. Your role will be to deliver regulatory services in relation to Private Sector Housing.
What’s in it for you?
Guildford Borough Council is a diverse organisation delivering wide-ranging services and employing people with a broad range of skills. We want to attract the best staff, so we offer excellent benefits, including: a competitive salary; flexible working arrangements; an essential car user allowance; and free staff parking. We also provide health and wellbeing initiatives, an employee assistance programme, and staff discounts off a range of well-known high street shops and supermarkets.
On a typical day, you would inspect Houses in Multiple Occupation and Caravan sites and investigate complaints relating to them.
To succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in dealing with people;
• excellent ability to: reason, process and analyse information;
• curiosity and excellent questioning skills;
• the ability to work independently and as part of a high performing team;
• excellent organisational skills;
• good knowledge and practical experience of applying Environmental Health law;
• tenacity and a problem-solving mindset with the ability to make timely and effective decisions;
• the ability to adapt to change and use initiative;
• ability to partake in Out of Hours rota; and
• the ability to devise, learn and adapt to new systems and processes.

Qualifications
Compliance Officer Level 1: Educated to NVQ level 3 / A Level standard or equivalent experience. CIEH accreditation (desirable).
Job Profile:Compliance Officer
Apply now online @ Jobs and volunteering - Guildford Borough Council. The closing date for applications is Monday 3 June 2024. For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Dympna Sanders, Compliance Lead on Tel. 07920 711831 or @ dympna.sanders@guildford.gov.uk.