Public Protection Officer - Environmental Health - Housing Enforcement (Career Pathway)

You will play a key part in maintaining and enhancing housing conditions across the county. Working collaboratively with key partners such as Rent Smart Wales, Fire and Police Authorities, you will help ensure safe, healthy living environments for residents. Your work will be varied and rewarding, and will include:

• Conducting detailed property inspections using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
• Identifying hazards and taking appropriate enforcement action
• Preparing and serving statutory notices and schedules of work
• Contributing to the delivery of both Mandatory and Additional HMO licensing schemes
• Working within other disciplines of environmental health i.e. housing enforcement, public health, food safety and health and safety, using enforcement action as necessary.
  
  Are you passionate about improving housing standards and making a tangible difference in your community? Denbighshire County Council is seeking motivated and committed individuals to join our dynamic Housing & Pollution Team within Public Protection., We welcome applications from:
• Fully qualified Environmental Health Officers with relevant experience
• Candidates with transferable skills seeking a career change
• Graduates and students looking to begin a career in Environmental Health
For experienced candidates, prior knowledge of HMO licensing and enforcement processes will be advantageous. For those starting out, we offer a fully supported pathway to qualification, including sponsorship of both academic and practical training, enabling you to become a CIEH-registered Environmental Health Officer. Applicants will be required to enrol on and commit to either the MSc or BSc Environmental Health course commencing this autumn., We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, and diligent individuals who are ready to contribute to a busy and impactful service. If you want to be part of a team that protects and improves the wellbeing of residents and visitors alike, we'd love to hear from you., 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 .

Denbighshire County Council is committed to Equal Opportunities and its Welsh Language Standards. We welcome applications in the Welsh Language and application forms received in the Welsh Language will not be treated less favourably than an application form submitted in English.


• A supportive and collaborative working environment
• Full sponsorship for trainees working towards CIEH registration
• Commitment to continued professional development
• Reimbursement of professional fees (CIH/CIEH)
• The opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on local communities, A Career Pathway is a development plan for an employee to progress in their career. Employees on a career pathway are supported to develop their knowledge, skills, experience and potentially gain qualifications to progress in their career in a specific area.
Career Pathways have an entry level job description which will have a lower salary, and an end level job description which will have a higher salary. A development plan is set out which clearly shows the skills, experiences, knowledge and qualifications that are needed in order to progress through the grades until you reach the end level higher salary job description. After the job description in this pack, there is a table which shows the relevant criteria for each salary grade within the Pathway. Make sure you clearly set out in the supporting statement of your application how you meet the criteria for the Grade you're applying for. What makes Denbighshire County Council a great place to work? We believe the hard work and commitment of our staff should be properly rewarded, so we offer a range of benefits to help our employees achieve a work / life balance, develop in their career, and we support them in their work.
• Flexible and Agile Working - Take control of your work / life balance
• Generous annual leave entitlement - starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays) rising with length of service to a total of 32 days
• Local Government Pension Scheme - a secure pension for life
• Your Wellbeing - Supportive, caring work environment, mental health champions, and access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Your development - The chance to progress in your career, including training and promotion opportunities
• Lifestyle Savings via DCC Rewards Direct - high street shopping, holidays, days out etc
• Car salary sacrifice scheme and car leasing scheme
• Family friendly policies
To view the full list of benefits we offer, please visit: www.denbighshire.gov.uk/pay-and-benefits Employee benefits will vary depending on specific job role terms and conditions.