Environmental Health Officer/Senior Environmental Protection Officer

North Northamptonshire Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the United Kingdom is looking for a qualified Environmental Health Officer to join their Environmental Protection Team. The role involves managing statutory duties and a personal caseload, and offers both office and home-based working arrangements. Candidates should have a BSc or MSc in Environmental Health and relevant experience. Benefits include competitive salary, generous leave, and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Generous leave entitlement

Hybrid working arrangements

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within the Environmental Protection field.
• Relevant additional qualifications.
• Ability to manage own case load.

Responsibilities

• Handle statutory duties related to Statutory Nuisance, Air Quality, and Contaminated Land.
• Deal with complaints, inspections, and enforcement responsibilities.
• Work within the busy Environmental Protection Team.

Skills

Innovative thinking

Enthusiasm

Confidence

Drive and determination

Education

BSc or MSc in Environmental Health

Level 5 qualification/HND/Degree in Environmental Science

Job description

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Councils Environmental Protection Team following a full team restructure. This role is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Environmental Health Officer or an experienced Environmental Protection Officer.

We are looking for innovative, enthusiastic and confident individuals with drive and determination. The roles will be both office and home based and will be working across the whole of North Northamptonshire.

What will you be doing?

You would be working within the busy Environmental Protection Team and will be responsible for statutory duties related to Statutory Nuisance, Air Quality, Contaminated Land, Environmental Permitting and planning and licensing consultations. You will be responsible for your own case load, dealing with complaints, inspections and enforcement.

For further information please contact: [e-mail]

About you

You will require a BSc or MSc in Environmental Health or a level 5 qualification/HND/Degree preferably in an environmental science related subject along with additional relevant qualifications and extensive experience within the Environmental Protection field.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

• Customer-focused
• Respectful
• Efficient
• Supportive
• Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council's pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)