Team Leader – Private Sector Housing

As a Private Sector Housing Team Leader, you can make your own powerful contribution by tackling poor housing conditions and ensuring landlords are accountable for delivering homes that are fit for purpose.

At the heart of this challenge is the need to enforce stringent housing standards in order to ensure a great quality of life for Westminster’s residents who are living in privately-rented homes. Leading and nurturing our ambitious team, you will therefore see to it that the team have the skills, confidence and resources they need to excel in their work – and you will lead by example as you get to grips with landlords who don’t share your commitment to health, safety and high-quality living standards.

Every day will present you with a myriad of challenges, but your remit will take you from shaping innovative housing strategies and influencing policy decisions, through to the hands-on work of tackling a broad array of properties in varying conditions, protecting tenants and building relationships with landlords. Ultimately, we want landlords to adhere to your high expectations, so you will guide your team of housing professionals in tackling Westminster’s complex housing challenges, using a combination of expert knowledge and impressive influencing skills to raise housing standards. This will include sharing your knowledge of evolving legislation and taking the lead in difficult negotiations, and you will steer a range of projects and programmes focused on delivering change.

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a tangible impact on the wellbeing of Westminster’s residents – all with the support of a dynamic team who are passionate about their work. As such, we reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants – so we’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible.