Environmental Health Officer/Senior EHO or Environmental Health Regulatory Officer/Senior EHRO

Spelthorne Borough Council; Sunbury-on-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Sunbury-on-Thames is looking for an Environmental Health Officer to join their residential team. Responsibilities include conducting nuisance investigations, licensing, and handling complaints related to public health. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and time management skills, and experience in noise complaints is an advantage. This full-time role offers a salary between £35,081 to £52,595 and includes a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Free parking

Payment of professional fees

Flexible working arrangements

Essential car user allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in investigating noise complaints is advantageous.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work under tight deadlines.
• Enthusiastic, committed, self-motivated with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Conduct general nuisance investigations in the residential team.
• Oversee licensing of houses in multiple occupation.
• Investigate social housing complaints and public health tasks.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Public interaction

Job description

Environmental Health Officer/Senior EHO or Environmental Health Regulatory Officer/Senior EHRO

Environmental Health Regulatory Officer/Senior EHRO (Residential) / Environmental Health Officer/Senior EHO (Residential)

Salary £35,081 to £52,595 p.a. (dependent on experience) plus essential car user allowance Full-time (36 hours flexible)

Plus, a 10% Recruitment Allowance up to £5250 (upon successful completion of the probation period)

We are looking for an experienced officer to join our busy but friendly and supportive Environmental Health team. You will work in the Residential team, and your duties will cover general nuisance investigations, all aspects of private sector housing, including the licensing of houses in multiple occupation, other housing work including the investigation of social housing complaints and public health tasks. Experience in the investigation of noise complaints and an interest in this area would be an advantage.

You will be enthusiastic, committed, self-motivated and have a positive attitude. You must be an excellent communicator and team player with sound time management skills and be confident in dealing with members of the public. You must be able to demonstrate your ability to adapt to changing priorities and work to tight deadlines.

In addition to the car user allowance, we can offer excellent conditions of service with a benefits package that includes pension scheme, free parking, payment of professional fees and flexible working arrangements.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Susan Turp, Principal Environmental Health Officer on 01784 446258, or you can email on [e-mail].

This post is identified as a hybrid post supporting both office and home working in line with Spelthorne Borough Council’s policy. The post holder will be required to attend the office in line with a rota and any service requirements.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for customer facing posts. These posts fall within the scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The Council, therefore, has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. If you have any queries or would like to discuss this further, please contact Human Resources.

Please note as part of the employment checks this post will subject to a basic Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note that this is a politically restricted post.

Closing date: 3 September 2025 (noon)

Interviews: week commencing 22 September 2025

CVs can only be accepted in support of a completed application form.

Unfortunately, we are unable to reply to all candidates. If we have not contacted, you within 3 weeks of the closing date then your application has been unsuccessful.

All shortlisted applicants will be contacted via email after the closing date.

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