Environmental Health Officer

Job Details; Penrith; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as an Environmental Health Officer at Penrith City Council. This role involves ensuring community health through monitoring and inspections, alongside public education efforts. Your expertise will contribute to developing policies and procedures that safeguard public health and environmental standards.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

18 weeks paid maternity leave

Health and wellbeing leave

Free access to all Ripples venues

Support for further education

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification degree in Environmental Health or a related field.
• Experience in investigation and resolution of public health matters in local government.
• Knowledge of public health and environmental legislation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct food premises surveillance and deliver safety seminars.
• Investigate environmental health complaints and pollution cases.
• Assist with environmental health policy development.

Skills

Conflict resolution

Negotiation

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Environmental Health or related field

Job description

About the role

Environmental Health plays a vital role in protecting the health environment and safety of our growing City. Our team of dedicated professionals are responsible for environmental protection and public health respond to the needs of our growing community an opportunity exists in Councils Environmental Health section for a motivated suitably qualified and experienced person to join our Team on a permanent full-time basis.

The successful applicant will become an integral member of the Environmental Health section and will be responsible for a broad range of environmental health duties. The primary duties include but are not limited to: food premises surveillance and the delivery of information at Council run food safety education seminars regulated premises monitoring (cooling towers and skin penetration inspections) investigation and resolution of environmental health complaints pollution investigations and enforcement procedures environmental health assessment of development applications OSSM assessment and inspections and the development of environmental health policies and procedures.

The successful Officer may be asked to work within both the Environment and Health Teams dependent on operational needs.

Essential Criteria:

• A tertiary qualification degree in Environmental Health or a related field;
• Experience in the investigation and resolution of a range of environmental and public health matters in a local government setting;
• A demonstrated working knowledge of the relevant public health and environmental legislation in NSW including the Local Government Act 1993 the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Food Act 2003 Food Safety Standards and the Public Health Act 2010;
• Demonstrated conflict resolution negotiation and problem solving skills;
• A current Class C Driver Licence

Desirable Criteria:

• Preparation of correspondence including Notices Orders and Penalty Notices letters memos and reports on issues relevant to an environmental health
• Available to work outside normal business hours including evenings and weekends on occasion for inspection and investigation of public health and environmental matters.

Salary: The salary for this position ranges from$$90063 to $104251 per annum plus 11.5% Superannuationand will be negotiated commensurate with the skills qualifications and experience of the preferred applicant.

Access to a Leaseback Vehicle is available with this position; however it is not a condition of employment.

How to Apply

You will be required to undertake employment checks which may include a Criminal History Check Qualification Check Working with Children Check Medical Declaration and/or a Functional Test as relevant to the position for which you have applied. Where a Criminal History Check is required and has returned a result that indicates disclosable court outcomes you will be required to provide a copy of the report to Penrith City Council for review in order to progress through the recruitment process.

Visit to view the position description and to find out more information about employment with Penrith City submit your application please apply online using the link below.

In addition to a cover letter and resume applicants are required to submit comprehensive responses to theselection criteria (listed above) as a part of their initialapplication. Applicants who do not meet the essential criteria will not be considered.

Completed applications must be received by 11.55pm on the closing date.Please allow 4 weeks from the closing date for the processing of your application.

For further information about the position please contact Michael Middleton Environmental Health Coordinator on.

About us

At Penrith City Council were passionate about people; in our community and in our workplace. We want you to be able to be your best self and we get that work is just one part of your life so were here to support you in the moments that matter. As the winner of the 2020 Local Government Excellence in People and Culture Award and an Excellence Award winner in the 2020 Australian HR Awards you can be confident in joining a workplace that offers truly outstanding benefits including:

• A range of flexible work arrangements
• 18 weeks paid maternity leave
• Health and wellbeing leave
• 15 days personal leave
• Significant financial and leave support for undertaking further education
• Diverse salary packaging
• Free access to all Ripples venues
• And much much more!

Council is a Child Safe Organisation for more information about this please see our website.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills
Academics,Commerce,Facility Management,Fire And Safety Engineering,Back Office Support,Import & Export
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 90063 - 104251