Environmental Health Officer (Business Compliance)

Chelmsford City Council; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is looking for an enthusiastic Environmental Health Officer to join its Business Compliance Team in Chelmsford. The successful candidate will conduct food safety and health inspections while advising businesses on compliance with statutory regulations. Essential requirements include a degree in Environmental Health and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers flexibility with potential job-sharing options. Join a passionate team dedicated to maintaining high standards of service and staff development.

Benefits

Support for recent Environmental Health graduates

Job-sharing or part-time options

Commitment to staff development

Qualifications

• Must have food safety competency for inspections.
• Full driving license required for the role.
• Strong communication and organizational skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Conduct food and health safety inspections.
• Respond to service requests from businesses.
• Advise businesses on compliance with Food Law.

Skills

Food safety competency

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Degree or diploma in Environmental Health

Job description

Chelmsford City Council is looking for an enthusiastic Environmental Health Officer to join our Business Compliance Team. Working across Food Safety and Health & Safety enforcement, this is a great opportunity to be part of a dedicated and passionate team of professionals which offers a positive environment for staff development, including support for recent Environmental Health graduates.

This role involves carrying out food and health and safety inspections, responding to service requests and advising businesses in line with the Statutory Food Law Code of Practice. Competency in food safety is therefore essential for the role alongside the possession of a degree or diploma in Environmental Health.

We take pride in providing the highest standards of customer service and the successful applicant will need to have the full range of communication and organisational skills to manage what will be a diverse and demanding workload. A full driving licence is required for this post, and the nature of the work means that some activities may need to be undertaken outside of standard working hours.

Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.

As an accredited Essex Family Friendly Employer, this full-time role can be job-shared or part-time if we can fill the remaining hours. Please mention this in your supporting statement. if you are interested. For more details please visit: https://www.essex.gov.uk/family-friendly-charter.

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.