Grade G £35570 - £39481

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Role specifics such as essential qualifications: Driving & Minimum of GCSE equivalent in English and Mathematics.

Interview date: TBC

For further information about this role, contact: Paul.hodges@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

Bolton Council has exciting opportunities for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our expanding Housing Standards Team as Technical Officers.

The service continues to grow through enforcement of new legislation such as the Renter Rights Act and the introduction of a new House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Additional Licensing Scheme. This is an exciting time to join a team committed to improving housing standards and protecting public health across the borough.

You will support the delivery of a wide range of Housing Standards functions and be responsible for managing a varied caseload. Your work will include housing standards inspections and enforcement, HMO and Additional Licensing, public health investigations (including drainage issues and filthy and verminous premises), and the investigation of complaints and service requests.

You will also provide advice and support to residents, landlords and partner organisations, helping to deliver high-quality services and positive outcomes for Bolton's communities.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop a career in Housing Standards, Environmental Health and regulatory enforcement while gaining experience across a broad range of statutory functions.

The post combines site visits, inspections and office-based work, with opportunities for hybrid working following the successful completion of the probationary period.

About You

We are looking for an individual with great interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, self-motivated and able to work as part of a team, but also on your own initiative. You should be able to adapt your communication style to suit a range of situations, from consultations with internal stakeholders to challenging conversations with people in the community. You’ll thrive in fast-paced and varied environment, where you will need to prioritise tasks to meet conflicting demands. When it comes to your work, you will need to be organised, diligent, with good attention to detail.

The ideal candidate should ideally have both a knowledge of housing technology/construction and inspection techniques, and a professional understanding of associated legal processes and enforcement procedures. However, applications would be considered from individuals seeking to develop a career in this area or with previous experience in the sector.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk