East Suffolk Council – Lowestoft or Melton offices • £30,559 - £37,035 per annum essential car user allowance • Full Time • Permanent East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people’s lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk. We are looking for a Regulatory Support Officer to join our forward thinking and ambitious Food and Safety Team. Your role will be to support the delivery of a range of services for which the Council is responsible in relation to food safety, food hygiene, food business registrations and approvals, food poisoning investigations, occupational health and safety, skin piercing, infectious disease control, and all port health functions for Lowestoft port, at a level appropriate to the post holder’s qualifications, experience and competence. The key tasks will include collecting samples, investigations, compliance checks, working with external partners and project work such as health promotion. You must hold a Level 3 qualification/certificate in relevant subject, PLUS additional practical and procedural knowledge gained and demonstrated through achievement of relevant industry food safety qualifications/courses and relevant experience in the activities undertaken by the Food and Safety Team. Having a working knowledge of the IT system Uniform is desirable. If you have good analytical skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels, excellent team player, organised and able to prioritise your own workload, along with a good eye for detail then we would love to hear from you. The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how this might impact your working arrangements, please contact a recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert. For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Christine Walker on 07717 426890 Christine.Walkereastsuffolk.gov.uk or Catherine Hickling on 07827 820506 Catherine.Hicklingeastsuffolk.gov.uk Closing date: 9am on Monday 17 March 2025 Interviews: 3 and 4 April 2025 You can view a full list of requirements in the Job Description and Person Specification (link below). If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all of the essential requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. Why work for us? East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (youtube). Here are some of the main benefits: Great opportunities for training and development Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 24 days a year, increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays) Local government pension scheme Free car parking (for when you are working in the office) Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services. For more information, please see our benefits brochure (pdf). How to apply Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification - Regulatory Support Officer Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted). Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CV’s are not accepted. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (suffolkjobsdirect.org) .