Empty Homes Officer (Private Sector)

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This new role to East Renfrewshire Council offers an exciting opportunity to identify and monitor empty and second home activity within East Renfrewshire and engage with owners to encourage them to being their properties back into residential use. 

This post offers the opportunity to assist in developing a high quality Empty Homes service and develop our Empty Homes strategy and we are seeking someone who can contribute new ideas, approaches and develop initiatives to achieve positive outcomes. These outcomes should focus on increasing housing supply and improve Private Sector housing conditions in East Renfrewshire.

Working in partnership with other council services and external agencies the Empty Homes Officer will investigate, monitor, and report on the number of empty and second homes brought back into use and target any enforcement action to meet the Council’s strategic approach to meeting housing need.

Depending upon the needs of the service, staff in Hybrid roles will typically work from home for up to 40-60% of the time where the needs of the service can still be met.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with protected adults.  In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.     

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences.  Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

As an employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our employees.

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