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7th August 2025
EHP/Food & Safety Officer
About the role
Are you passionate about protecting public health and making a real difference in your community? We’re looking for a proactive and dedicated Food and Safety Officer to help deliver our ambitious Environmental Health strategy.
Reporting to the Commercial and Environmental Health Manager, you’ll play a vital role within a supportive and forward-thinking team. You’ll contribute to the delivery of a high-quality, responsive service that meets the needs of our residents and aligns with the Council’s vision and values.
In this role, you’ll carry out investigations and take action to ensure regulatory compliance—ranging from offering informal advice to pursuing formal enforcement and prosecution, all in line with national Codes of Practice and guidance. You’ll be at the forefront of safeguarding public health and driving service excellence.
We’re looking for someone who’s not only technically skilled but also enthusiastic about continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with the Environmental Health management team to implement positive changes and help shape the future of our service.
Role responsibility as follows:
- You will operate at a senior level within the Commercial team to provide professional environmental health input to meet the service objectives ensuring the provision of an effective, consistent and high-quality service that is responsive to customer demands.
- Undertake inspections, investigations, prosecutions, and regulatory activities as necessary.
- Manage a personal caseload across the range of environmental health disciplines to ensure customer satisfaction and compliance with Council policies, procedures, and performance indicators.
- Develop, implement, and review special projects and assigned tasks, including promotional, advisory, and educational activities.
- Develop and build relationships to influence and engage successfully with our partners, other agencies and clients in often complex situations.
- Maintain up-to-date professional knowledge of appropriate legal, technical, and social issues to ensure the delivery of an effective quality service.
- Provide training and support to officers to maintain competencies to deliver regulatory interventions.
- Respond to consultations in relation to notified public events regarding public safety, food safety, and health and safety, including attending safety advisory group meetings for specific events.
Mobile Workers:
This role follows a mobile working style, offering flexibility to manage your schedule and work from a range of locations. You may meet colleagues and clients at different sites, work from partner offices, public spaces, or from home between appointments. To work effectively, you must be able to securely access all necessary files and folders remotely. While daily office attendance is not required, there will be occasions when working from the office is necessary.
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