Private Sector Housing Enforcement Team Leader

Job description

Contract Terms

Salary: PO6  £54,267- £57,402 per annum 
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time, 36 Hours Per Week 
Location: Wood Green 
Closing date: Sunday, 21st June 2026 
Interviews: Week commencing 29th June 2026 (TBC)

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

This is a key leadership role within our Private Sector Housing service, where you’ll shape how we regulate and improve housing standards across the borough. As Team Leader, you’ll oversee a team delivering a wide range of enforcement activity – from licensing and HMOs to tackling empty properties, statutory nuisance and unsafe housing conditions.

You’ll take the lead on delivering our property licensing programmes, ensuring they achieve both compliance and income targets, while driving improvements aligned to the Council’s wider housing and enforcement strategies.

A major focus of the role is overseeing complex enforcement work, including cases linked to the Renters Reform Act such as illegal eviction, harassment and tenancy issues. You’ll ensure robust, proportionate action is taken using the full range of tools available – from advice and engagement through to civil penalties, prosecutions and rent repayment orders.

Alongside this, you’ll provide expert leadership and guidance to officers, manage performance, and work closely with internal and external partners to target the borough’s most challenging landlords. You’ll also play a visible role with senior stakeholders, preparing reports, advising members and deputising for the Team Manager when required.

About the Team

You’ll be joining a committed and experienced Private Sector Housing team within the Environment and Resident Experience directorate. The team plays a vital role in protecting residents, improving housing conditions, and raising standards across the private rented sector.  Working closely with colleagues across enforcement, community safety and housing needs, the team takes a proactive, intelligence led approach to regulation – combining inspections, engagement and enforcement to deliver real impact. 

About You

You’re a confident and experienced housing or environmental health professional with a proven track record in private sector housing enforcement. You bring strong leadership capability, a thorough understanding of housing legislation and the ability to manage complex and sensitive casework. Passionate about improving housing standards, you’re equally comfortable taking decisive enforcement action and working collaboratively to achieve the best outcomes for residents.

You will bring:
• Significant experience in private sector housing or environmental health, with in-depth knowledge of relevant legislation and enforcement practices
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop a high-performing team, managing workloads and driving performance
• Strong experience of handling complex enforcement cases, including the use of formal powers such as notices, civil penalties and prosecutions
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with residents, landlords, members and partner agencies
• Confidence in interpreting and applying legislation, and making sound, evidence-based decisions in challenging situations
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the ability to analyse data, identify trends and drive service improvements
• Experience of working collaboratively across teams and with external partners to deliver coordinated enforcement activity
• A commitment to delivering high-quality, resident-focused services and improving outcomes within the private rented sector

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.