Environmental Health Practitioner

Haringey Jobs London; London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Haringey Council is seeking a motivated Environmental Health Practitioner to oversee compliance and food safety standards. This full-time role requires strong communication skills and relevant qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, and opportunities for hybrid working in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Up to 31 days leave + bank holidays

Hybrid working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Local government pension scheme

Discount schemes across leisure and culture

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications in Environmental Health include HCFC or HCFP.
• Competency maintenance according to relevant professional bodies' frameworks.
• Strong communication to explain complex legislation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements through enforcement and inspections.
• Monitor food safety, health and safety, and public health concerns.
• Provide guidance to local businesses regarding compliance.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Education

Higher Certificate in Food Control (HCFC)

Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspections (HCFP)

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade:PO2-PO4
Salary:£41,442 – £50,574 per annum
Contract Type:Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date:Sunday 29th June 2025
Interview Date:Week commencing 14th July 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

We are looking for a enthusiastic and motivated Environmental Health Practitioner to join our team. The successful candidate must like to problem solve and take pride in delivering a great service to customers. You’ll need to bring a positive attitude, be prepared to try new ways of working. You must be able to celebrate success and demonstrate perseverance to achieve changing community and individual behaviour through communication and guidance. Good organisational skills will be invaluable and your focus will centre on bringing about compliance with statutory requirements through enforcement, inspection, investigation, auditing and monitoring in respect of food safety/standards, health and safety, infectious disease, licensing e.g., massage and special treatment, public health and smoke-free.

About the Team

The Commercial Environmental Health and Trading Standards team is a small but dynamic team with a number of high-profile targets to meet. As a team we work together to ensure that our personal and team objectives are met and that our local businesses are given the advice, guidance and where necessary the enforcement they need to be a compliant business.

About You

As a frontline role, good verbal and written communication skills are necessary, along with the ability to explain complex legislation to a variety of audiences.
The below qualifications are an essential requirement for the role:

• Higher Certificate in Food Control (HCFC) or Higher Certificate in food premises inspections (HCFP) or a suitable qualification as outlined in the Food Code of Practice.

• Maintenance of competency requirements in respect of the competency framework for relevant professional bodies.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note:we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
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