Streetscene Enforcement Officer

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is a coastal Borough with a big emphasis on tourism, an exciting and vibrant place to work with big plans for the future and significant opportunities ahead. With miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Norfolk broads with a proud cultural heritage, Norfolk is a great place to live and work.

Are you passionate about creating cleaner, safer, and more attractive communities? We’re looking for four proactive Street scene Enforcement Officers to join our new town centre taskforce team and help improve the look and feel of Great Yarmouth. This is a high-profile role delivering enforcement and education activities to tackle antisocial behaviour, fly tipping, poor waste management, and unkempt properties.

What You’ll be doing

• Patrol town centre and seafront areas to identify and address environmental issues.
• Enforce Public Space Protection Orders and relevant legislation, issuing Fixed Penalty Notices and preparing cases for prosecution.
• Investigate problem properties and work with owners to improve standards.
• Educate residents and businesses on waste disposal and recycling, including organising community clean-ups.
• Collaborate with Police Officers, Environmental Rangers, and Street Scene Operatives.
• Gather evidence, conduct formal investigations, and attend court when required.
• Act as a visible point of contact for the public, businesses, and partner agencies.

We are looking for someone with experience in enforcement and evidence gathering, partnership working, conflict resolution. You will need to be a strong communicator and have the ability to work under pressure.

You will need a NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience and a full driving licence.

If you are self-motivated, resilient, calm under pressure, empathetic, and able to handle confrontational situations professionally, then this is the role for you.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don’t just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England’s offshore energy hub and Norfolk’s biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.