Senior Environmental Health Officer
Castle Point Borough Council
Permanent, Full Time
From £41,418 to £45,441 (Pending Pay Review)
Location: Benfleet
Closing Date: 30th April 2024
Why Castle Point? Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enable the communities within its jurisdiction to be strong, healthy, and thriving.
Our values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Environmental Health Officer to undertake a generalist role within a small, friendly service. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wishes to develop their skills across a variety of Environmental Health disciplines, to compliment an existing specialism or to enhance future job opportunities.
This is a flexible/hybrid working opportunity, taking into account the overall duties of the role and subject to the business requirements of the Service.
Accountabilities
The job role will be varied, with service functions including Private Sector Housing, Environmental Protection, Public Health & Nuisance, Food Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Animal Welfare, and the provision of Housing Grants. There will also be opportunity to act as lead officer for one or more of these areas of work, to help maintain and further develop specialist expertise.
Development opportunities will be provided to any candidate who does not have relevant experience in any job function or requires a refresher. This should be particularly helpful to those candidates who currently work in specialist areas of the profession.
The Experience You Will Bring
A degree or diploma in Environmental Health and EHORB registration (or equivalent) is essential, as is relevant post-qualification experience in one or more of the areas covered by the job role. At this time, we would particularly encourage applicants with specialist knowledge / experience in Private Sector Housing work.
For this role we are seeking individuals who are committed to providing excellent customer care and to improving people’s lives and the local environment. By necessity you will need to be adaptable and capable of embracing change so that the Environmental Health Service can respond positively to the many challenges facing local authorities at this time.
Please note, Castle Point Borough Council is in the process of carrying out a Job evaluation exercise across the organisation to ensure transparency, fairness and equity in pay. Any resultant changes to future remuneration will follow due process.
Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident committed employer. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.
Castle Point Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email sadie.orwell@essex.gov.uk