Environmental Health Officer

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

Job summary

Coventry City Council is recruiting for a 12 month fixed term Environmental Health Practitioner to join the Food and Safety Team within Regulatory Services. You will enforce health and safety, food safety and food standards legislation and work to educate businesses and the public to raise standards.

The post requires a Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health and EHRB registration; experience inspecting high-risk food businesses is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience applying environmental health and food safety legislation.
• Competence in enforcement and inspection of relevant health and safety standards.
• Ability to educate businesses and the public to improve standards.

Responsibilities

• Enforce all applicable environmental health legislation.
• Educate and encourage businesses to improve standards.
• Carry out inspections, investigations and enforce notices as required.

Skills

Environmental health law

Investigation techniques

Evidence handling

Education

Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health

EHRB registered

Job description

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Food and Safety Team is responsible for administering all requirements under food and health and safety law including inspections, complaint investigations, and accident investigations. We also administer the Safety Advisory Group to support safe events in the city.

We are based in the new One Friargate office building, within the City Centre. We embrace flexible working practices and empower you to manage your working day and location based on your workload and service area delivery requirements.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

What is the job role?

12 Month Fixed Term Post

We are seeking a positive, experienced, enthusiastic, talented, and driven professional who cares about the development of our great city to join our busy, high-performing, forward-thinking team.

You will be working in our Food and Safety Team which sits under the wider Regulatory Services Division, made up of multi-disciplinary professionals including Licensing, Trading Standards, Housing Enforcement and Property Licensing, Community Safety, Building Control, Taxi Licensing and Community Safety.

You will be working under the general direction of the Principal EHO - Food and Safety, to enforce all relevant legislation administered by the department, and to educate and encourage the public and business proprietors to improve relevant standards.

If you would like further information on this role please contact Andy Lucas on 024 7697 7755.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Environmental Health Practitioner who has detailed knowledge of the law relating to Environmental Health issues, investigative techniques, and the law of evidence.

Recent experience and competency in the enforcement of health and safety, food safety and food standards legislation is desirable.

To apply for this role,you must possess a Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health and be EHRB registered.

Applications from candidates who are competent under the provisions of the FLCOP to inspect high-risk food businesses for food safety and food standards and to use the full range of food safety and food standards enforcement powers open to the profession are encouraged however, applications from newly qualified candidates will also be considered.

In addition, the competency to enforce the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and associated Regulations and experience investigating serious workplace accidents is desirable, as is authorisation to serve Improvement and Prohibition Notices.

For further information about the role, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

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