About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
The post is offered as a two-tier career grade post with the starting salary being dependent on skills and experience.
We are seeking a competent professional with experience in Environmental Health housing to join our busy residential team. We work as a shared service across Kingston and Sutton and deal with all aspects of residential environmental health. A typical day could see you dealing with housing standards, public health problems, noise or environmental nuisance, HMO licensing or working with some of our partners to tackle poor housing standards, fire safety, anti-social behaviour and fuel poverty.
As a high performing, front-line service we are seeking an enthusiastic, innovative officer who will look to challenge conventional ways of delivering services and provide solutions for the benefit of our residents. We would expect you to be flexible in your approach, a good communicator and have the ability to work on your own initiative as well as being part of the team. Experience with either Civica APP or Idox Uniform software is desirable. While the experience of enforcing private sector housing standards and HHSRS training or residential nuisance is desirable, consideration will be given to those who are recently qualified or have relevant other experience.
While there is a need for flexibility, there is no requirement to work unsocial hours. In return, we offer a supportive friendly environment with a varied workload and a commitment to personal development to enable you to fulfil your potential.
The Shared Service is a professional service requiring technical knowledge and expertise. We are seeking someone with wide experience within the private housing sector, and the passion to deliver high quality services to our residents while exploring innovate solutions in challenging climates.
As an officer you will be organised, diligent and flexible with good communication skills and able to work on your own initiative. You will have experience of managing your own case loads and working under pressure.
To be successful in this role you will have:
1. An appropriate qualification in Environmental Health or related subject or an equivalent qualification in a relevant professional discipline;
2. High level knowledge and experience within one or more recognised specialist area of environmental health including private sector housing;
3. Component in applying the HHSRS
About Us
The Shared Service works across the boroughs with offices based in Kingston and Sutton Town centre and we offer agile and flexible working.
The Royal Borough of Kingston and London Borough of Sutton are key partners and have adopted an approach based on strategic collaboration. This has already resulted in a number of shared services including IT, HR and this Environment Service with further opportunities being explored.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
4. A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
5. Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
6. Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
7. Hybrid working (dependent on the role)
8. Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
9. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
10. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
11. Interest free season ticket loans
12. Local Government Pension Scheme
13. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
14. Electric vehicle leasing scheme
15. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support