Environmental Health Officer (Food and Safety)

ABC Food Law Limited; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local Regulatory Services team is seeking an Environmental Health Officer to manage a busy caseload involving food hygiene and health & safety investigations. This role provides an opportunity to positively impact community wellbeing through compliance enforcement and professional advisory work. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Environmental Health, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to building relationships across various organizations.

Qualifications

• Registered with CIEH.
• Experience in delivering food safety official controls.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Enforce Environmental Health legislation.
• Provide professional advice for Council's objectives.
• Lead on prosecuting breaches and preparing case files.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Proactive attitude

Specialist knowledge in food safety

Strong relationship building

Education

Degree in Environmental Health

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic, ambitious, and experienced individual to join our highly skilled Regulatory Services Health Protection team at West Northamptonshire Council as an Environmental Health Officer.

This role offers a varied and engaging workload, including managing a complex and busy caseload of work including food hygiene official and non-official controls, health & safety investigations, infectious disease investigations, ensuring our private water supplies are safe and regulating the safety of our world class sports grounds. You will also handle complex complaints and participate in project work as we harmonise procedures and databases from our sovereign councils.

This position provides a genuine opportunity to positively impact the wellbeing of West Northamptonshire residents and support local businesses. You will work in a diverse area with a great team.

While the role is based in Northampton, you will work across the entire district with flexible arrangements. The successful candidate will be expected to attend our offices in Northampton, Daventry, and Towcester as needed, with home working permitted where feasible.

What will you be doing?

Working within the Regulatory Services Health Protection team alongside other experienced officers to enforce a range of Environmental Health legislation relating tofood, health & safety, infectious disease, private water supplies and sports ground safety.

Providing professional advice in accordance with the Council's corporate objectives and statutory responsibilities.

Lead on prosecuting breaches ofthe above areas including investigating, gathering evidence, case file preparation and giving evidence in court.

About you

The ideal candidate will hold a degree (or equivalent) in Environmental Health and be registered with CIEH. You should possess specialist knowledge and experience in delivering food safety official controls, preferably within a local authority setting. Excellent communication skills, a proactive attitude, and a passion for supporting businesses are essential.

You will have strong communication skills and experience working with partner organisations to build robust relationships with both internal colleagues and external partners.

You should demonstrate a solid understanding of the relevant areas and have the drive and determination to further develop your skills and experience. While this role involves a busy and varied caseload, we welcome applications from those at the beginning of their Environmental Health Officer career, as support and development opportunities will be provided.

You will have a full driving licence and use of a vehicle to undertake the duties of the post.

You will fully understand the role in the context of safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults.