Enforcement Officer

Job Title: Enforcement Officer
Location: Harrow Council, Forward Drive, Harrow, Middlesex, UK, HA3 8NT
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for Harrow Council
Contract Type: Temporary

Overview of an Enforcement Officer:
Pertemps have an exciting opportunity within Harrow Council for a self-driven and motivated Enforcement Officer to join an expanding team. The role of Enforcement Officer has a competitive pay rate of £18.21 per hour. Other benefits include excellent training and support for career development and 21 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays).

The Main Purpose of an Enforcement Officer:

• In accordance with the Immigration Act 2016, where the role is customer-facing, and the post holder is required to speak to members of the public
• Carry out robust investigations and inspections to support representations and reviews including appearing at member panels of premise licences under the Licensing Act 20037 Carry out Enforcement functions including to enable the Council to meet its statutory obligations of private housing, environmental protection, fly tipping, animal services, including inspection, enforcement, education and advice.
• In line with authorisation and line manage instructions, carry out investigations, instigate and prepare prosecutions, attend court proceedings and deliver evidence in the event of statutory action taken for breaches.

About you, the successful Enforcement Officer will have:

• Must be prepared to look through waste collection/ fly tipping.
• Must have a willingness to learn.
• To take part in any out of hours environmental health rota and to take a lead role during a shift (subject to meeting relevant competency levels in areas covered)
• A working and up to date knowledge of relevant health, safety and welfare legislation and approved codes of practice in accordance with the level of the post

About us
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.

Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

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