Job Description
Housing Standards Officer needed!
£44 per hour
Riverbank, EX39
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Till May2026
Job Purpose
The post-holder will be responsible for protecting tenants, improving housing conditions, ensuring landlord compliance and delivering early interventions to prevent homelessness
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Mentor Housing Standards/Renewal Officers to help deliver high-quality investigative and enforcement work.
* Investigate complaints and assess whether landlords are complying with housing legislation, advising tenants and others on rights and available remedies.
* Undertake property inspections and Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) assessments to identify hazards, enforcement needs and other regulatory requirements, such as mandatory HMO licensing.
* Gather evidence, conduct PACE interviews, prepare legal enforcement files and apply the enforcement policy.
* Enforce regulatory controls for housing standards, including HMO licensing, empty homes standards and disrepair.
* Prepare and carry out enforcement actions including improvement notices, prohibition orders, civil penalties and prosecutions.
* Work with the Housing Options team on cases involving illegal evictions, harassment and unlawful landlord behaviour. * Manage an investigative caseload ensuring lawful, proportionate and...