Environmental Health Officer

Job Title – Environmental Health Officer

Employer – Trafford Council

Location – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Rd, Stretford, M32 0TH

Salary Range – £38,223 - £40,221 (Band 8) plus £2,182 market supplement (pro rata)

Working Pattern –   Full time

Working hours – 36.25 hours (flexible working available 7am-9pm) (part time / reduced hours negotiable)

Many of our colleagues have the opportunity to work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.  

Contract type –  Permanent

Closing date – Sunday 5^th May 2024

Interview date –  Wednesday 22^nd May 2024 at Trafford Town Hall

About the role

Trafford’s Environmental Health Team have an exciting vacancy in the team for an Environmental Health Officer. The Environmental Health team deal with a variety of areas of work and enforcement including food hygiene, food standards, health and safety, public health, animal welfare and sports ground safety. As part of the team, you will carry out inspections, investigations, and provide advice, and undertake enforcement, where necessary, to ensure Trafford is a safer place to live and work.

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About you

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work independently but also as part of a team. Experience in these areas of Environmental Health is highly desirable, together with experience in undertaking a range of enforcement action. You will keep up to date with the relevant regulations, policy and legislation relating these areas of Environmental Health

Qualifications and Professional Development

·         A degree or diploma in Environmental Health recognised by the CIEH.

Key duties

·         To support the Team Leader (Environmental Health & Safety at Sports Grounds) in ensuring compliance with all relevant legislative requirements relating to Food Safety and Food Standards, Health and Safety at Work, Infectious Disease Control, Licensed Premises, Public Health and Animal Health & Welfare and Safety at Sports Ground regime.

·         To carry out inspections, audits, investigations, and sampling to monitor compliance.

·         To investigate complaints, service requests and statutory notifications, and to advise customers, commercial premises and organisations in accordance with legislation.

·         To undertake enforcement action in accordance with the Council’s enforcement policies, including the preparation of evidence and prosecution cases, court appearances, public inquiries, and the service of notices. To liaise with Legal Services as required.

Special Conditions

• To be in possession of a current driving license and provide a serviceable car for use in connection with the duties required.

Additional Information

You will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.

Flexibility will be required to work outside core hours.

About us

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.

Our vision: Trafford – where all our residents, businesses and communities prosper

Trafford really is a great place to work. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion, or to find out more about the role, please email or call Nicola Duckworth on 07760 167473, Nicola.duckworth@trafford.gov.uk  

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About the benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford. 

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Other Relevant Information

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