How you'll make a difference
You will make a difference as an Environmental Health Service Officer in the Food, Health & Safety Team by delivering services aimed at protecting residents, businesses and communities by providing food safety, food standards and health and safety expert advice.
What you will be doing
* Areas that you will cover include inspections, food hygiene and food standards, service requests, infectious diseases, sampling, complaints and investigation of illnesses and health caused by work.
* You will deliver a risk-based service involving both preventive and reactive measures to include inspection, interventions, campaigns and programmes.
* Following investigations, you will take appropriate action in response to breaches of statutory requirements and provision to address statutory needs, in order to protect health and the environment.
* It will be your responsibility to prepare and respond, as required, to major incidents or other emergencies requiring the mobilisation or response of environmental services staff.
* You will ensure that set targets are achieved and corporate and departmental policies are implemented, particularly the council’s guiding principles.
* Working with internal and external contacts, customers and colleagues, you will explain technical policies and standards and the need for compliance with them and also offer an education and support service.
What we need from you
* You must be educated to degree level in an environmental health related subject, or able to demonstrate an equivalent level of relevant knowledge.
* We require you to have experience of working in an area of Environmental Health.
* It is essential that you have experience in environment health processes and procedures as well as a good understanding of the service delivery environment.
* You will have a strong ability to communicate, influence and negotiate outcomes critical to service delivery, as well as the ability to translate technical issues to facilitate the understanding of non-technical audiences.
* It is key that you are able to manage your workload, prioritise and respond to demands to ensure both customer satisfaction and ensure that legislative requirements are met.
* Work will be a combination of office based and visits to residential, business or industrial premises, or to open sites.
What you need to know
* Work will involve visits to residential, business or industrial premises, or to open sites.
* This is a hybrid role meaning that you can work remotely or in our offices.
* Interviews will be held on Thursday 10th April 2025.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
* As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
* We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
* We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
* We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
* We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
To view the full job description, please click this link: Environmental Health Service Officer job description
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