Principal Environmental Health Officer

About The Role
Contract: Permanent
Salary: HC09 £39,513 - £43,693 (plus £2,000 pro rata market rate supplement)
Hours: 37
Location: Hereford
Closing Date: 06/01/2025

The Environmental Health profession has a long and proud history of safeguarding and improving public health for local communities, public and businesses, as a core local authority function. In Herefordshire Council we have an exciting opportunity for two Environmental Health professionals to join our team; vacancies in the Pollution & Community Protection Team. Joining our team of dedicated, supportive and professional staff with a wealth of experience, knowledge and care in delivering this service. All this within the beautiful, historic county of Herefordshire located in the heart of the Marches on the Welsh Border, with a wealth of unspoilt countryside, distinctive heritage, and lively and attractive market towns with Hereford City at its heart. The rural and urban nature of the County ensures a varied, interesting and diverse working day, providing a fantastic opportunity to gain, and work with, a wide range of environmental health skills.

The Role
Principal Officer - Pollution and Community Protection Team. The successful candidates will enjoy a range of duties leading and managing the team of EH practitioners in the teams specialist area; including statutory nuisance, drainage, pests, accumulations, public health funerals, Licensing consultations, antisocial behaviour, dog controls, duty of care issues and fly-tipping. Assist with PPC inspections and planning consultation matters and other Environmental Health functions if required.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, customer-focused and motivated team player who has good organisational, leadership and problem-solving skills with an interest in and knowledge of the topics involved. As part of this role, you will be required to keep abreast and be fully appraised on all matters relating to the environmental health specialism, so as to provide technical advice, specialist guidance and support as the team principal.

The successful candidates will possess a relevant Environmental Health qualification accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and hold the Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) Certificate of Registration in Environmental Health (or equivalent). In return, Herefordshire Council is committed to staff training and continuous professional development, providing opportunities to gain further teams specialist training and qualification in specific areas of the role if required.

We Offer
A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Salary: £39,513 - £43,693 per annum
• Market rate supplement: £2,000 pro rata (currently up to 30/06/2025)
• Generous Annual Leave: 30 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working: flexi-time (up to 15 hours a month); various locations- home working, out on district and office based locations; and job-share, part-time hours can be considered.
• Payment of professional membership fee.
• Professional development: protected time and budget to support staff develop and keep abreast of technical issues, develop themselves and their careers.
• Pension Scheme: Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
• Pool car – available to staff for district work.
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme;
• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant;
• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.
To apply, please submit your CV and complete the supporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.