Public Health & Food Safety Support Coordinator

Folkestone Hythe; Folkestone; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is seeking a Technical Food & Safety Support Officer to join the Food & Safety Team at the Civic Centre in Folkestone. The role provides technical, administrative and operational support across environmental health functions.

You will help protect public health by maintaining regulatory records, coordinating sampling activities and supporting enforcement and disease control work.

Responsibilities

• Managing the Alternative Intervention Programme for lower-risk food businesses.
• Processing food business registrations and maintaining regulatory records.
• Supporting the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and Food Standards Agency reporting requirements.
• Responding to enquiries from businesses, residents and partner organisations.
• Supporting food sampling, investigations, disease control work and enforcement activities.
• Maintaining and developing Salesforce systems, reports and data quality processes.
• Coordinating monitoring programmes, including invasive mosquito surveillance activities.
• Supporting project work and the introduction of new regulatory responsibilities.
• Assisting with statutory returns, procurement activities and team administration.

Job description

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is seeking a Technical Food & Safety Support Officer to join the Food & Safety Team at the Civic Centre in Folkestone. The role provides technical, administrative and operational support across environmental health functions.

You will help protect public health by maintaining regulatory records, coordinating sampling activities and supporting enforcement and disease control work.