Enforcement Officer

at  Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Job description
Directorate: Regeneration & Environment
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week
The Community Protection Unit requires an innovative and ‘can do’ officers to deliver a range of Council enforcement and intervention activities to bring about local improvements for our communities.
The Community Protection Unit deals with Environmental Health and Anti-Social Behaviour issues on a Neighbourhood Area basis both proactively and in response to high level of customer service demand. The service also operates highly successful Selective and Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), Licensing schemes for private rented housing in key parts of the Borough. This is the core of the work which this post will deliver.
You will be expected to manage your own workload, which will focus on the administration of the housing licensing function, creating reports and monitoring scheme finances. It will also include criminal investigations, direct communications with landlords and supporting Environmental Health Officers and Community Protection Officers.
As part of the Community Protection team, the post requires you to have strong local community commitment and ability to participate and deliver actions to make a difference.
Support in other work areas will be required from time to time, and some work outside normal office hours will be required. There is an opportunity participate in the standby and an out of hour’s rota.
You must be enthusiastic, a good team worker with commitment, flexibility, and with a capability of working on your own initiative.
You will need to demonstrate positive skills in establishing and developing productive working relationships and also deliver against personal and team targets.

Additional training will be provided to ensure the right candidates have the skills to do the job effectively.
For an informal discussion please contact Chris Stone, Community Protection & Environmental Health Manager, on (01709) 823118. [email protected]
Interview dates to be confirmed
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).