About the job Salary: £37,938 - £44,711 a year (progression scheme) plus £2,600 market supplement and £963 Essential Car User allowance a year (subject to criteria) Hours per week: 37 Contract type: Permanent We are looking for a highly skilled professional to join our team, someone with a deep understanding of food safety and health and safety legislation, and the ability to ensure compliance with complex regulations. Whether it's improving standards in food safety, ensuring food composition and labelling laws are followed, or leading thorough investigations, your expertise will be invaluable. As part of your role, you will conduct detailed investigations, producing concise reports, and presenting findings to various stakeholders. Your ability to prioritise and manage your workload efficiently will help you meet deadlines while ensuring high standards of work. The role may require you to work some evenings and weekends, but flexibility and agility in your working arrangements will be key. You will also be required to travel across the Borough to conduct inspections and investigations, with the necessary equipment and resources provided to support you. Please note this role does not attract sponsorship. About you To thrive in this position, you will need in-depth experience in securing or improving compliance with health and safety or food safety legislation, and ideally, have experience in leading complex investigations through to successful conclusions. You'll be able to navigate complex legal procedures like PACE with ease, and your knowledge of environmental health legislation, as well as current issues and priorities, will ensure you're always one step ahead. If you are a qualified Environmental Health Officer or Food Safety Officer who meets the qualification criteria of the FSA's Food Law Code of Practice, we'd love to hear from you. Your expertise will allow you to communicate clearly and persuasively with service users and businesses, helping them navigate compliance issues confidently. Your ability to write clear, accurate reports and presentations will ensure that your work is accessible to all stakeholders. If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you're excited to bring your expertise to a supportive and dynamic team, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career, knowing you'll be making a real difference in securing the highest standards for food safety, food standards and health and safety compliance. This is a public facing role so you'll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English About us Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision - that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents. The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision? Application Process Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person's criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. Benefits We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include: - From 25 to 32 days' annual leave: linked to length of service and grade - Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave - Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area - Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant - Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility) - Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home - Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns - Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways - Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons - Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel