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

North Northamptonshire Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking an Environmental Health Officer to handle food safety inspections and health protection responsibilities. Candidates should have an Environmental Health Degree or higher certification. This role offers competitive pay and flexible working arrangements, contributing to a vibrant community environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Generous leave entitlement

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must possess EHRB or CIEH registration.
• Innovative, enthusiastic, and confident individual.
• Capable of carrying out statutory duties including inspections.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for inspection and enforcement of food safety and health and safety.
• Investigate food and health safety complaints and accidents.
• Support practical training in line with CIEH requirements.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Self-motivated

Ability to work independently

Education

Environmental Health Degree

Higher Certificate in Food Control

Job description

About the role

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)

We 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 or Higher Certificate in Food Control.

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 [e-mail] or 01832 742030.

Closing date - 5pm Wednesday 15th October

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 is 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)