Location: Municipal Buildings Clyde Square, PA15 1LY
Salary: £42,924 - £49,194 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Job Description
Inverclyde Council is seeking to appoint a qualified Environmental Health Officer to work in the Health Protection Team of the Planning, Regeneration and Public Protection Service. The role covers a range of environmental enforcement including noise control together with commercial enforcement of Food Safety and Health & Safety legislation together with Port Health and infectious disease control.
Consideration may be given to candidates with an Environmental Health Degree seeking to complete their practical training or to those with a suitable degree who could become qualified Environmental Health Officers via the REHIS alternative route, details of which can be found on the REHIS website.
Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.
Application Information
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* Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required.
* Interviews for non-teaching posts with Inverclyde Council will be based on the Councils' competency model which is reflected in our performance appraisal scheme.
If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.
Regulatory Bodies
If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC.
Further Assistance
Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at: Human.Resources@inverclyde.gov.uk.
Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.
Flexible Working
Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.
Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement.
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