About the Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Senior Housing Standards Officer to join our friendly and dedicated Housing Standards Team.
In this key role, you will help ensure the Council meets its statutory responsibilities for improving the condition and management of private sector housing across Maidstone. Working as part of a professional team, you will play a vital role in protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of residents while helping to raise housing standards throughout the borough.
As a senior member of the team, you will provide support, guidance and motivation to colleagues, monitor team performance and outcomes, and offer expert technical advice on complex housing standards matters.
Alongside your responsibilities for supporting and developing colleagues, you will manage your own varied caseload, undertake investigations and inspections of residential properties and deal with the full range of housing standards enforcement activities. You will support the Council’s statutory duties relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs), including licensing, compliance and enforcement, and will be responsible for preparing and serving relevant statutory notices where required.
The successful candidate will also contribute to the delivery of the Disabled Facilities Grant programme and other discretionary assistance schemes, helping vulnerable residents access funding and support to improve their homes and maintain independent living.
This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week on a permanent basis. This role offers the benefit of hybrid working, combining office-based working with home working, according to business needs. You will also be required to conduct property visits around the borough as needed.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced housing professional looking to take the next step in their career within a supportive and forward-thinking local authority.
About You:
The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, highly motivated team player, with excellent communication skills. We would expect you to have relevant experience dealing with housing conditions, and a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation, statutory duties and HHSRS.
You should have experience in supervising and managing other team members including performance management and be approachable and supportive.
You should be a strong team player with relevant experience who embraces change and is able to work flexibility in order to meet the needs of the service.
You will also require a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to enable you to travel around the borough to attend properties as needed.
About Us:
Maidstone Borough Council is a confident organisation with ambition and aspirations to deliver high quality services to our residents and local businesses. We strive to make the borough an attractive place for all and secure a successful economy. We continue to build on our strengths - assets, knowledge and expertise and our track record for innovation and improvement to create a financially sustainable future so that we can continue with our undiminished plans.
We will only achieve the results we are aiming for through the talents and hard work of all our people. You are encouraged to become part of our vision and in return you can expect support, training, and fair reward from us. We will give you the opportunity to develop the skills to do your job well and create a positive working environment where your ideas about improving how we do things are valued and we manage the changes needed for new ways of working well.
At Maidstone Borough Council we recognise the importance of flexible working and the benefits this can bring to both our staff and the Council. We know that by offering employees a range of flexible working opportunities we can positively impact their wellbeing and engagement, and drive productivity in return. As such we have developed a highly flexible hybrid working policy, alongside our flexi time and flexible working policies, enabling staff to shape their working patterns around building a greater work life balance.
Our Offer:
A range of benefits including:
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Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities
- 7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances for most roles
- Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
- Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year.
- Free parking
- Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight, part time.
- Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
- Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
- Annual flu vaccine
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
- Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
- A professional fee payment, if required for the role
Selection Process:
Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by an interview.
The Council considers that the successful applicant will have access to the Government’s secure network and will need to have a Baseline Personnel Security Standard check completed. In addition to the normal pre-employment checks this requires a criminal record check for unspent convictions and verification of employment history for the preceding 3 years. Where the 3 years of employment history cannot be verified through the most recent employment reference, you will need to provide a copy of your HMRC PAYE record for the 3-year period and will need to explain the reasons for any gaps in employment.
If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Philip Jennings, Housing Standards Manager, on 01622 602740.
Interview Date: 26/27th August 2026
