Environmental Health Officer (Food, Health and Safety)

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton Council is seeking an Environmental Health Officer for its Food and Health & Safety team. This role involves conducting food inspections, enforcing health and safety laws, and promoting safety standards across the borough. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and have experience in the field, along with strong communication skills to interact effectively with businesses and the public.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Flexible work opportunities

Access to a Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing and support services

Qualifications

• Valid Current Driving Licence required.
• Experience in food law and health & safety enforcement in various premises.
• Ability to cope with a demanding workload.

Responsibilities

• Conduct food inspections and assess hygiene ratings.
• Participate in health and safety enforcement and inspections.
• Handle complaints and investigate health/safety issues.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Customer care skills

Education

Degree in Environmental Health

Registered as EHO with Environmental Health Officers Registration Board

Job description

Grade H Scp 27 £37,035 to Scp 31 £40,476 plus car allowance

Contract permanent

Essential Requirements - Valid Current Driving Licence, Diploma or Degree in Environmental Health and be registered as an EHO with the Environmental Health Officers Registration Board

The Role:

We are seeking an Environmental Health Officer to join our busy Food and Health & Safety team here at Bolton Council.

You will work within a friendly and supportive team, carrying out a range of food safety and health and safety functions. These include food inspections in the full range of premises, assessing food hygiene ratings and explaining these to food business operators and also identifying and addressing health and safety matters of evident concern. You will carry out inspections for registrations of skin piercing activities. You will also participate in our reactive health and safety rota, providing advice or carrying out enforcement as required.

The role also involves food standards work, the investigation of food safety and health and safety complaints, referrals, RIDDOR notifications, infectious diseases and smoke-free enforcement.

The team also has involvement in high profile events and activities hosted within the Borough during the year.

The role involves regular working outside of normal hours.

About You:

You must be registered with the Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) or on the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Environmental Health Practitioner Professional Register and meet the competency requirements for an Authorised Officer under the Food Law Code of Practice. You should have experience of food law and health and safety enforcement in a wide variety of premises. You must have the ability to cope with a demanding workload and be able to work as part of a team and on your own.

You must have excellent communication and customer care skills and be able to promote good food safety and health & safety standards within businesses but also undertake appropriate enforcement where required to achieve compliance.

About Us:

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or 'unbroken' service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

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