Data and Finance Support Officer

About the Service

Housing Standards is St Helens Borough Council’s private sector housing enforcement service, committed to ensuring that rented homes are safe, healthy and well managed. We work closely with landlords, tenants and managing agents to improve housing conditions, tackle poor standards and enforce housing legislation where necessary. A key priority for the service is delivering the Council’s responsibilities under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, helping to protect tenants, support responsible landlords and raise standards across the private rented sector.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Housing Standards Team in a key role supporting the delivery of housing enforcement across St Helens. As a Housing Data and Finance Support Officer, you will use data, intelligence and financial information to help drive improvements in the private rented sector and support the Council's regulatory responsibilities under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.

You will lead on the collection, analysis and reporting of housing enforcement data, monitor enforcement-related income, support the effective use of national landlord databases, and provide high-quality intelligence to inform enforcement activity and service improvement. Working closely with housing enforcement, finance and performance colleagues, you will play a vital role in ensuring the service has accurate information, robust reporting systems and the evidence needed to protect tenants and raise housing standards across the borough.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and analytical individual who enjoys working with data and wants to make a meaningful contribution to improving housing outcomes for residents of St Helens

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people’s lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer.

As a St Helens Council employee, you'll be enrolled in the Merseyside Pension Fund Pension Scheme. Use the calculator to see what your annual pension could be worth based on your salary and length of service.

Full Job Description and Person Specification are included with this advert.

This post is fixed-term until 31 March 2029.

Employees can regularly work away from Council work spaces (including home or other locations), alongside required office-based working. The balance between remote and office-based working is determined at service level based on operational need, however, there has been a minimum specification that staff will work at least 2 days from an office-based location.

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abided by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles.