Environmental Health Officer / Senior Health Protection Officer / Trainee EHO/SHPO / HPO

North Northamptonshire Council; Northampton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Northamptonshire is looking for qualified Environmental Health Officers and Trainee roles to ensure effective food safety and health regulations. You will inspect and enforce standards, investigate complaints, and receive training if necessary. This position offers a competitive salary with excellent training and benefits such as flexible working options and generous leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous leave entitlement

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Innovative, enthusiastic, and confident individuals.

Responsibilities

• Inspect food safety and health safety regulations.
• Investigate food and health safety complaints.
• Support practical training for trainees.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Self-motivation

Education

Environmental Health Degree

Higher Certificate in Food Control

Higher/Ordinary Certificate in Food Premises Inspection

Job description

Overview

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 and 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.

Regulatory Services – 2 posts

Environmental Health Officer (EHO) / Senior Health Protection Officer (SHPO) / Trainee EHO/SHPO

Salary

EHO/SHPO £42,839 - £46,142

Trainee EHO/SHPO £34,434 – 36,363

1 x Full Time (37 hours)

Health Protection Officer

Salary

£38,220 – 40,777

1 x Full Time (37 hours)

We currently have two vacancies in the Health Protection Team and are looking for qualified and experienced officers with EHRB or CIEH registration or those newly qualified who need support to meet the CIEH registration requirements.

We invite applications from those with the Environmental Health Degree, Higher Certificate in Food Control or Higher/Ordinary Certificate in Food Premises Inspection.

What will you be doing?

As a qualified officer you will be responsible for statutory duties, including inspection and enforcement of food safety and health and safety and the investigation of food and health and safety complaints, accident investigations, infectious diseases and food poisoning outbreaks.

As a trainee you will be supported to carry out your practical training in line with CIEH requirements assisting colleagues to develop your knowledge and experience.

About you

We are looking for innovative, enthusiastic and confident individuals with drive and determination to join our Health Protection Team. You must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision. The post will be working across the whole of North Northamptonshire. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Samantha Edmunds, Health Protection Manager, on the email address or by phone.

Closing date – 5pm Wednesday 15th October

How to apply

To apply for the Environmental Health Officer / Trainee (EHO) or Senior Health Protection Officer/ Trainee (SHPO) role, click here. To apply for the Health Protection role, click here.

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 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)