* Melton, IP12 1RT
* £25,584- £30,060 per annum pro rata
* Fixed Term until 31 March 2026
* 22.2 hours (3 days) per week
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 currently looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service and communication skills to join our Council until 31 March 2026 as an Environmental Health Technical Support Officer (EHTSO).
You will be one of our EHTSOs that carry out a range of administrative support duties based within the Food and Safety Team.
Your duties will include receiving and processing incoming work arriving by email, telephone, and face to face interactions, with both internal and external customers. You will also be responsible for creating and maintaining computer records using Uniform and other IT systems. Duties will also include quality control and correction as required and you will assist in arranging meetings, preparing agendas and taking minutes.
The Food and Health & Safety sections of the Council's service plan illustrates the range of work we do to protect people from the risk of harm Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2023-24 - Flipbook - Page 3 (paperturn-view.com)
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 .
Here are some of the main benefits:
* Great opportunities for training and development
* Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
* Local government pension scheme
* Free car parking (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.
Please see our benefits brochure for further information .
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 that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Ian Bentley on 01394 444679, Ian.Bentley@eastsuffolk.gov.uk or Linda Goodyear 01394 444343, Linda.Goodyear@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Closing date: 9am on19 May2025
Interview date: 10 June 2025
How to apply
Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification Environmental Health Technical Support Officer
Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template. Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification by using each section of the person specification as a heading to structure your statement. Please give examples of how you meet the criteria. Please use the template provided as other formats will not be accepted.
Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.
For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site.
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