Private Sector Housing Enforcement Officer

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: PO2 – PO4 (£42,771 – £52,194)
Work Location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week, hybrid 
Contract type: Permanent 
Closing date: rolling 

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

You’ll investigate complaints, carry out inspections, and progress property licensing to improve standards in the private rented sector. Where landlords don’t comply, you’ll apply the most appropriate legislation—starting with advice and escalating to formal enforcement as needed. You’ll manage clear case files, draft accurate notices, and work with landlords, tenants, and partner services to deliver safe, compliant homes and meet the Council’s objectives.

About the Team

The private sector housing team is currently a small group of people passionate about improving conditions in the private rented sector of our Borough. We are a very friendly team and will aim to ensure the successful candidate is very happy and supported.

About You

You’ll bring a solid academic and professional foundation to the role: an MSc/BSc/Diploma in Environmental Health, EHORB (or equivalent) registration, and a track record of maintaining CPD (for example, via CIEH) to stay competent and current. You will have a full, current driving licence and are a member of a professional body (ideally chartered) or hold a relevant postgraduate qualification. Strong numeracy, literacy and grammatical accuracy underpin your casework, ensuring clear evidence, reports and notices.

You have applied skills in environmental health practice—conducting investigations and inspections, supporting property licensing, and using housing-related legislation and enforcement tools in real-world settings. You understand the principles behind housing regulation and can implement them in practice, engaging confidently with landlords and tenants to secure compliance. Organised and proactive, you can lead, coordinate and communicate effectively when cases require multi agency input, while contributing directly to improved living conditions in the private rented sector in Haringey.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk.