Technical Food & Safety Support Officer

Folkestone & Hythe Council; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

LGPS pension

Wellbeing initiatives

Professional memberships

Cycle to work

Discount schemes

Free parking

Job summary

Folkestone & Hythe District Council seeks a Technical Food & Safety Support Officer to join our Food & Safety Team. This varied role supports environmental health services across the district, helping to protect public health, support businesses and ensure compliance with food safety and workplace safety legislation.

You will work alongside Environmental Health Officers, maintain regulatory records, assist with sampling activities, manage data enquiries and contribute to public health

Qualifications

• Experience with regulatory records management.
• Experience supporting data quality processes.
• Experience handling enquiries from businesses, residents and partner organisations.

Responsibilities

• Process food business registrations and maintain regulatory records.
• Support food safety programmes and public health initiatives.
• Coordinate sampling activities and investigations.
• Maintain and develop Salesforce reports and data quality processes.
• Assist with statutory returns, procurement activities and team administration.

Skills

Organised

Customer-focused

Proactive

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Internal Applicants Only Are you an organised, proactive and customer-focused professional looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in your local community? We are seeking a Technical Food & Safety Support Officer to join our Food & Safety Team. This varied and rewarding role supports the delivery of environmental health services across the district, helping to protect public health, support businesses and ensure compliance with food safety and workplace safety legislation. Working alongside Environmental Health Officers and other regulatory professionals, you will play a key role in maintaining accurate regulatory records, supporting food safety programmes, managing data and enquiries, coordinating sampling activities and contributing to important public health initiatives., As Technical Food & Safety Support Officer, you will provide technical, administrative and operational support across a range of environmental health functions, including:

• 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.

No two days will be the same, and you'll have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of food safety, public health and regulatory initiatives.

Why Join Folkestone & Hythe District Council? We offer a comprehensive, people focused rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work life balance.

• Generous annual leave: up to 31 days + bank holidays.
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Health & wellbeing initiatives, including an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Reimbursement of professional membership subscriptions
• Salary sacrifice schemes: cycle to work and lease car options.
• Corporate discount schemes for shopping, entertainment, gym memberships, days out and more.
• Great location: centrally based, close to transport links and free office parking.