Job Description

Senior Environmental Health Officer

6 Month Contract – Full time

Rate: £30-35ph

Role overview

We are looking to recruit two Senior Environmental Health Officers. One to work in the Food and Health and Safety Team and one to work in the Neighbourhood enforcement team which covers noise and other statutory nuisance, air quality contaminated land and Housing.

Key responsibilities

• To investigate complaints/service requests/other notifications made to the Directorate in all areas of work covered by the Environmental Health Service.
• To administer a range of interventions and enforcement sanctions in line with statute and council policies and processes.
• To fully engage with neighbourhood problem solving approaches with partners in order to coordinate activities to best meet the needs of communities.
• To undertake work to investigate breaches of legislation, in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act.

Key Requirements

• To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:
• BSc in Environmental Health or equivalent qualification recognised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Officers.
• Experience of giving specialist and technical advice, guidance and assistance to others within the subject matter of Environmental Health, including tailoring the information to specific queries, or to different levels of technical understanding.
• Experience of undertaking inspections and investigating complaints, and completing associated paperwork.
• Experience of taking enforcement action, including serving statutory notices and prosecutions, where cases have been complex and high profile.

Vivid Resourcing are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.