Environmental Health Officer/Food Safety Officer

• East Suffolk Council - Lowestoft or Melton offices
• £37,938 - £46,731 per annum - pro-rata, plus essential car user allowance
• Full Time (Part Time will be considered)
• Permanent

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 looking for a fully qualified Environmental Health Officer/Food and Safety Officer to join our forward thinking and ambitious Food and Safety Team. Your role will be to deliver a wide range of regulatory and advisory activities covering food safety, occupational health and safety, infectious disease control, skin piercing registration and port health.

A detailed knowledge of legislation, codes of practice and associated guidance is essential as is the ability to use your initiative, to investigate, make sound judgements and undertake a range of risk-based proportionate interventions.

You must hold a suitable Food Law Code of Practice qualification, at Level 5 or above, including but not limited to the Higher Certificate in Food Control, Higher Certificate in Premises Inspection, or a degree in an Environmental Health related subject. Applicants must be fully registered with the Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB), as a Registered EHP (REnvH) or equivalent. Ideally, you will have post qualification experience in the food safety and occupational health and safety. Having a working knowledge of the IT system Uniform is desirable.

If you are an excellent team player, who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and passionate about delivering high quality customer service, along with a good eye for detail and committed to delivering continuous improvement in processes and practices then we would love to hear from you.

This post sits within a career progression framework that will recognise your qualifications, experience and competency as well as offering potential development opportunities.

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 this might impact your working arrangements, please contact a recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Christine Walker on 07717 426890 or Andrew Robinson on 07570 962374.

Closing date: 9am, 20 January 2025.

Interview date: 7 February 2025.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to give a 5-minute presentation.

How to apply

1. Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification
2. Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template. Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).
3. 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.