Housing Officer; Fire Safety

Working hours:

37.5 hours per week (banking 30 minutes per week towards the shut down between Christmas and New Year). We offer flexibility with purpose through our Dynamic Working approach. While office-based work is the norm, most full-time employees attend the workplace at least four days per week (pro rata).

Are you a motivated and experienced housing professional looking for the opportunity to work proactively in a friendly, efficient and effective customer focused environment?

Harlow Housing Service is moving forward and as a Housing Officer (Fire Safety) you will work as part of a team, directly responsible for fire safety matters across the town.

You will be directly responsible for the service delivery of areas such as:

• Breaches of tenancy conditions relating to fire safety issues
• Ensuring fire safety recommendations are completed within agreed timescales
• Working closely with the Fire Service to reduce the risk of fire at council owned properties
• Providing advice and assistance on fire safety matters
• Ensuring service standards and high levels of customer satisfaction are achieved.

You will need to be available to work or attend meetings outside normal working hours. A driving licence and access to a car or other satisfactory means of transport is required for this post.

Harlow Council is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We also support a range of flexible arrangements to help balance work and personal life and provide health and wellbeing initiatives and an employee assistance programme.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the Essential Criteria on the Employee Profile.