Wax Recruitment Ltd
Private Sector Housing Team Leader
SG17 5TQ
Key information
- Pay
- from £33 an hour
- Hours
- Full-time
- Contract
- Contract
- Workplace arrangement
- Hybrid - 2 days remote
- Posted date
- 6 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 5 Nov 2026
About this role
Job title
Private Sector Housing Team Leader
Job Category
Housing
Location
Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Central Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ, Central Bedfordshire Council
Hours per week
37
Salary
£33.00 per hour
Hybrid - office attendance as and when required
Job description
- Use statutory powers to regulate and improve conditions of private sector homes in Central Bedfordshire.
- Support the delivery of the Council’s Housing Assistance policy and programmes, to achieve renewal objectives, environmental sustainability, maximisising public and private investment in the Housing stock.
- Progress the Housing Services’ delivery of the Housing Assistance programme, and associated schemes, including face to face interactions with a range of customers and providing expert advice.
- Assist the Head of Housing Solutions with expert knowledge, applying your experience to lead and manage staff in delivering and developing specialised services.
- Line manage a team of EHOs/Technical Officers, covering a wide range of PSH functions
- Undertake complex case work and advise EH practitioners/Technical Officers on complex cases and HMO’s
- Undertake first review of prosecution files, tribunal cases, financial penalty notices
- To manage a reduced number of complex cases and to support Officers both by attending inspections and assisting with notices, schedules of work and evidence files
- Be first point of contact for our customers relevant to the services provided.