Enforcement and Licensing Officer

Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Proposed Interview Date: Monday, October 26, 2026 Hours of Work: 37 Hiring Manager: Andrea Towse Contact Number:  01482 614362 Job Description Summary: This is a Full Time, Fixed Term position for two years due to grant funding. The Private Housing Environmental Health Team carry out actions to discharge the Council statutory duties under various pieces of legislation particularly the Housing Act 2004 and more recently the Renters Rights Act 2025.

The post holder will be an integral part of the team, working with other Housing Enforcement /Licensing Officers, and Environmental Health Officer colleagues to improve housing standards within private rented accommodation in the city. The post holder is expected to work directly alongside colleagues to ensure the council is carrying out it’s statutory duties in relation to poor housing conditions and noncompliance with statutory requirements.

Some of these tasks will include dealing with poor housing conditions, organising works in default, carrying out inspections, investigating illegal eviction cases, and revisits, serving notices, attending and providing evidence at Residential Property tribunals, and serving civil penalties. If this is something of interest to you, we’d love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andrea Towse on 01482 614 362 or email [email protected] ROLE AND PURPOSE To assist in the discharge of the councils statutory duties in relation to housing standards and Mandatory Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation.

By regulating, monitoring, maintaining, improving and enforcing housing conditions throughout the city through the effective delivery of a customer focussed service in respect of housing standards to homeowners, empty properties, an accreditation scheme, private and public sector tenants, some of whom may be from vulnerable groups, landlords, internal and external agencies. To implement and develop the Council’s programme for Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation and houses in the private sector.

To work within a team of professional officers in the Private Housing (Environmental Health) team of Housing Services in discharging the City Council’s strategy, in relation to the standard of private and public sector housing and empty properties, and to help to secure the regeneration of the City’s private sector housing including development, review and operation of a landlord accreditation scheme.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: 1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults’. 2. To undertake the day to day operational aspects of licensing private sector houses in multiple occupation and houses as required by Housing Act 2004 under the schemes currently operational (National Mandatory HMO licensing) and those being considered by Hull City Council, (Selective and Additional Licensing) including dealing with queries from landlords and tenants about standards, processing licensing applications and associated payments, determining licence conditions and the issuing of licences.

To identify properties that require a licence but for which no licence application has been made by carrying out survey work, interrogation of various Council data bases, consulting landlords and other investigative procedures. 3. To oversee the councils accreditation scheme. Dealing with queries, non-compliance with scheme, taking a leading role in the development and review of the scheme and production of scheme related documentation.

To promote the scheme so it is recognised by tenants as a trusted brand. Producing newsletters and other promotional material using other media. 4. To interpret the Housing Act 2004 and other existing legislation so as to determine, under supervision, appropriate courses of action when non-compliance with legislation or risks to public health, safety and welfare are identified. Ac