Housing Standards Intelligence Officer

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Job details

Job title Housing Standards Intelligence Officer
Job reference
Date posted 04/06/2026
Closing date 26/06/2026
Working Pattern Full time
Salary Grade H, £37,280 - £39,862 a year
Contractual hours Blank
Basis Blank
Job category/type Housing Management

Location: The Council House
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 26/06/2026
Contract Type: Permanent

The introduction of the Renters' Rights Act has opened up a fantastic opportunity for the Private Rented Sector Team here at Derby City Council to expand and welcome new staff.

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Intelligence Officer to support the delivery and enforcement of housing legislation within our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong analytical skills and knowledge of housing compliance to play a key role in protecting residents and supporting safer communities.

The Intelligence Officer role will focus on enforcement against non compliant landlords and a multi disciplinary approach to targeting rogue landlords and persistent offenders. This will involve taking the lead role in civil penalty and prosecution cases.

If you are motivated by making a real difference, put residents at the heart of all you do and want a key role in improving housing conditions and community wellbeing, we would love to hear from you.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.

What We Offer

• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Responsibilities

Gathering, recording, storing and analysing data and information (intelligence) related to the ownership, management, control and use of privately rented dwellings.

Act as a point of contact for people who wish to provide the Housing Standards Team with intelligence about specific dwellings, landlords, organisations, businesses and/or individuals.

Develop and maintain close working relations with other services and organisations, and proactively work with them to facilitate the flow of information, encourage co operation, improve housing conditions and tackle criminal, rogue and irresponsible landlords.

Take the lead role in civil penalty and prosecution cases.

About You

• Educated to A level or equivalent
• Practical experience of gathering intelligence
• Good verbal communication/interpersonal skills to liaise and advise at all levels with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent IT skills and use of Word, Excel and other management software
• Ability to keep accurate records
• Ability to manage and prioritise a large workload effectively
• Ability to visit dwellings and other sites across the city

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.