Place and Economic Growth

Public Protection

Ref: G10/OL-90767

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £48,474 - £51,515 per annum plus essential car user allowance (Grade 10)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Sir Robert Peacock House, Vulcan Street, Oldham OL1 4LA, Hybrid working

Closing Date: Sunday 7th April 2024

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.

Job Description & Person Specification.docx

Role Overview:

Provide strong leadership of the Environmental Health Neighbourhood Enforcement Team to protect public health by dealing with private sector housing issues, delivering the Selective Licensing Scheme, plus statutory nuisance, drainage, air quality and permitted processes. You will drive forward improvements - so that we can understand and address the changing needs and demands of our communities, particularly in the context of challenging times for local public services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the team to deliver the service ensuring service requests are dealt with efficiently and effectively
• To work with a range of partners to tackle the impact poor landlords have in the private rented sector and on Neighbourhoods.
• Implement effective methods of measurement, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes and services.

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).

If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council

NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

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