Environmental Health Officer Enforcement

London Borough of Brent; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A London local authority is looking for an Environmental Health Officer to join their Food and Health & Safety Team. The role involves ensuring compliance in food safety and health & safety regulations, working a flexible 36-hour week with opportunities for training and professional development. Successful candidates must be EHRB registered or completing registration within six months and have relevant experience in enforcement. Offers a supportive and disability-conscious work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training opportunities

Access to Zip Car

Qualifications

• EHRB registered with current experience in food safety and health & safety enforcement.
• Willingness to complete registration within 6 months of qualification.
• Ability to manage a caseload in multiple regulatory areas.

Responsibilities

• Join the Food and Health & Safety Team as an Environmental Health Officer.
• Regulatory duties in Food Safety, Health & Safety, Infectious Disease Control.
• Provide training to maintain competency and career development.

Skills

EHRB registration

Food safety expertise

Health & safety enforcement

Flexible approach

Job description

Overview

Salary range: £44,685 - £51,138 p.a. inc. London weighting

Contract: Fixed term/Secondment (12 month)

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

The Post

We are looking to appoint an Environmental Health Officer/Enforcement Officer to join our Food and Health & Safety Team, with responsibilities primarily for the regulatory areas of Food Safety, Health & Safety, Infectious Disease Control and Smoke Free Enforcement.

You will be working from our Civic Centre which combines a number of services including the Library, the Drum and numerous food outlets. The Civic Centre is located a stone\'s throw from Wembley Stadium, SSE Arena and the London Designer Outlet; and has great transport links.

We are offering a 36 hour week with flexible and remote working, training, opportunities for CPD and maintaining competency and access to the use of a Zip Car.

The Person

We are looking for Environmental Health Officers/Enforcement Officers; EHRB registered and have current experience in food safety and health & safety enforcement. Consideration will also be given to those who will complete their registration within the next 6 months following qualification.

The work will involve a flexible approach when dealing with proactive and reactive issues; and you will be responsible for managing a caseload of work within the above disciplines.

You will have the opportunity to develop professionally and gain experience in a wide range of duties. Training will also be provided where necessary to ensure you maintain your competency and help you develop your professional role and move forward with your career.

Closing date

Closing date: 22 October 2025 (23:59)

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including "non-visible" disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [e-mail]