Principal Environmental Health Officer

What is the job role?
We are looking for a Principal Environmental Health Officer to join our Property Licensing team. You will be working under the general direction of the Head of Safer Housing and Communities and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Environmental Health Officers delivering key services within the Property Licensing Team. The full list of duties and responsibilities are in the Job description attached.

Who are we looking for?
As the Principal Environmental Health Officer, leading a diverse team of Environmental Health Officers, it is essential that you have an understanding of the diverse communities and the various cultures that exist across our city as well as having substantial knowledge and understanding of Environmental Health legislation, particularly around private sector housing. You will be an inclusive leader who values diversity and promotes a culture of respect, collaboration and continuous improvement. You will have experience in working in a political environment and a relevant environmental health environment. As you will be leading a team of Environmental Health Officers, you will need to demonstrate that you have supervisory/management skills to manage, motivate and develop a team to achieve business goals. We value and respect the diversity of our team and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. Within our team, people from minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented across our middle-management team; as a result, we would like to encourage people from minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability or who are neurodiverse.

For an informal conversation about this challenging and rewarding role, please contact:

When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, please include the following information in this statement:

1. An example of when you have had to set stretching goals and challenge current performance levels;
2. Describe a situation when you have supported and enabled customers to understand their choices and make appropriate decisions even when this may be difficult to do so.
3. Provide an example of a situation or a project where you have worked strategically across services to provide an integrated and efficient service to customers.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process.'
Interview date: w/c 8th July

About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change. We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant, and diverse. At Coventry, we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things. To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.