Environmental health officer

Ipswich, Suffolk’s historic County Town, offers beautiful parks, a vibrant waterfront and excellent links to London, with picturesque countryside and East Anglia’s stunning coastline close by, creating an appealing place to live, work and enjoy a high quality of life. We have an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Health Officer to join our Private Sector Housing Team. As part of the Public Protection service area, you will play a vital role in protecting and improving the health of people living, working and relaxing in Ipswich. The service brings together teams who hold a highly visible and respected position across the Council. The Private Sector Housing Team delivers a wide range of functions and ensures compliance with statutory housing standards in the private rented sector. Your day‑to‑day work will include investigating housing disrepair complaints, assess potential overcrowding, and inspect and licensing Houses in Multiple Occupation. You will also support the administration of grants, including adaptations for disabled residents and the renovation of empty homes. In line with the Renters’ Rights Act, you will additionally support enforcement of the new Decent Homes Standard, respond to tenant complaints relating to unlawful evictions or harassment, ensure compliance with strengthened landlord duties, and contribute to improved transparency and data reporting requirements across the sector. New opportunities are emerging within the team to contribute to proactive projects and collaborative initiatives aimed at raising standards across the private rented sector. The successful post holder must hold a degree or Diploma in Environmental Health (or an equivalent accredited qualification) and be competent in the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS). You must be professionally registered as an Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP) or working toward registration and be a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), meeting its professional and continuing development requirements. You will have excellent communication skills, and a commitment to customer care, whilst having the ability to take on a varied caseload and work independently. You will be a strong team player with a positive outlook. In return we can offer you up to 31 days’ annual leave as well as bank holidays and we support flexible and agile working arrangements. We have a strong emphasis on personal development whether through external courses or internal peer lead training. If you are looking to develop your career Ipswich Borough Council can provide you with excellent opportunities to do so. Hours of work are 37 per week, Monday to Friday. This is a hybrid working role As well as a good salary, we offer a career grade average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking for work and leisure, public transport discounts, free swimming and gym membership, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues. For more information about this role please contact Mrs Carole Balding on 01473 433038 or via email at carole.balding@ipswich.gov.uk If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know so that the appropriate arrangements can be put in place. Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role: Job Description and Person Specification Interviews will be held on 21 July 2026 09:00-15:00. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and/or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications Please note CVs are not accepted. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .