Senior Environmental Health Officer WCC

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Salary range: £48,402 - £59,394 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP

Hours per week: This job is available part-time, as a job-share, or full-time. This is because we want the best people for our roles and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time.
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 8 November 2026

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE POWER OF EMPOWERMENT.

Environmental Health at Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where passionate and expert professionals go above and beyond for their communities every day.

Natasha started her career in the NHS. She came to Westminster to do more for vulnerable people. When a family in her community reached out to her after their heating was cut off, Natasha took their situation seriously. Living in terrible conditions, and reaching desperation, they had nowhere else to turn. Natasha stepped in, holding the landlord to account and getting them to improve conditions for the family.

These are the moments that make her the proudest. Now, she uses her expertise and experience to empower others.

As a Senior Environmental Health Officer in Westminster’s Private Sector Housing team, you’ll make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success by playing a vital role in improving housing conditions and protecting residents in one of the most complex and high-profile housing markets in the country.

Our work is focused on ensuring that privately rented homes are safe, well-managed and fit for people to live in. Working within the Public Protection and Licensing directorate, you’ll help deliver and enforce mandatory, additional and selective licensing schemes, alongside a wide range of housing and public health legislation, including supporting the council’s duties under the new Renters’ Rights Act.

Carrying out routine or unannounced visits and inspections to ensure compliance with legislation, and using engagement, education or enforcement to improve conditions, you’ll deliver a fair and informed response to complaints and concerns, and resolve them quickly and efficiently. Promoting and ensuring the integration of environmental health principals across the council and its partners, and providing guidance and support to improve public health, if you have to take any enforcement action you’ll be required to initiate legal proceedings, and prepare and give evidence in court.

An important part of your role will involve undertaking project work to deliver improvements to the service we provide, and you’ll also lead on the delivery of high profile or complex cases. And as a senior, experienced professional, you’ll also guide and mentor new officers and Environmental Health Officer and Regulatory Compliance Officer apprentices, and support the Principal Officer in the development and delivery of staff training and quality monitoring systems for our operational teams.

Always ready to deliver a positive and proactive service as you help businesses and individuals understand and meet their regulatory requirements, you’ll also develop your expertise in environmental health through training and development, and share this knowledge and expertise to improve public health.

With a degree, diploma or similar in Environmental Health, significant post-qualification experience of working within Private Sector Housing, and the ability to respond to complex complaints from the public, stakeholders and elected members, you’ll possess the skills to deliver successfully in a high profile, customer facing role. Capable of building trusted relationships, deescalating conflict…