Senior Environmental Health Officer / Senior Food Safety Officer / Graduate EHO

London Borough of Bexley; Hart; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority in the UK seeks a Senior Environmental Health Officer. Responsible for conducting inspections, investigations, and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, this role offers a competitive salary and benefits. Join a dynamic team committed to public health and safety in a vibrant community.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Generous annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in environmental health regulation and food safety.
• Competent in preparing legal documents and conducting PACE interviews.
• Driving license required for site inspections.

Responsibilities

• Carry out food hygiene inspections of premises.
• Investigate consumer complaints and incidents.
• Conduct proactive occupational health interventions.

Skills

Inspection Skills

Public Interaction

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health

Job description

Senior Environmental Health Officer / Senior Food Safety Officer/Graduate Environmental Health Officer

£44,308 - £51,006 per annum *inclusive of 7.5% market premium

About Us:

Bexley is a vibrant and diverse outer London Borough nestled in the Thames Gateway between London and Kent which means it combines the perfect blend of city vibe and the tranquillity of Kent. It's got award-winning parks, open spaces, and heritage sites. The borough has excellent transport connections, including the Elizabeth Line and proximity to the M25. Bexley offers fantastic amenities such as libraries, leisure centres, and shopping areas. Our borough is also home to numerous primary and secondary schools, as well as further education institutions.

The Role

A vacancy has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Environmental Health professional to work in our food and health & safety team (Commercial Team), or an Environmental Health graduate who wishes to complete their portfolio.

You will hold a degree or a diploma in Environmental Health or a related subject or have significant experience in environmental health food and safety regulation and be able to meet the competencies for authorised Food Officers in accordance with the Food Law Code of Practice.

Graduate applications will also be considered, and we will facilitate the completion of your portfolio.

Depending upon qualifications and experience you will:

• Carry out food hygiene and food standards inspections of high and medium risk food premises, and premises requiring “approval” under product specific hygiene regulations.
• Undertake a programme of formal food sampling for examination and analysis.
• Investigate consumer complaints relating to food and food premises.
• Investigating complaints, requests for service and RIDDOR reported Incidents.
• Carrying out routine proactive and reactive occupational health and safety interventions in a wide variety of premises.

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Candidate Profile

You will have experience of inspecting a wide range of premises and of dealing with the public, businesses, and food safety professionals. You will be experienced and competent in preparing legal documents, conducting PACE interviews, and initiating and satisfactorily concluding appropriate enforcement action. You will be able to demonstrate competency at the levels required for the post.

Graduates without experience will be fully trained in all areas of Environmental Health work.

A driving licence and the use of a car is essential due to the nature of our work.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

Additional Information

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.

Closing date: 25 July 2025.