Environmental Health Officer/Technical Officer

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has an opportunity for an Environmental Health Officer/Technical Officer on a 3 months contract with the possibility of an extension.

Main purpose of the Job:

To provide a range of professional and/or technical services within a single shared service, carrying out a portfolio of regulatory, compliance, enforcement and related activities.

Key Priorities / Main Responsibilities

• To arrange and organise a personal case/workload, within boundaries agreed with the relevant Service Manager, but also taking the initiative in responding and adjusting to the changing demands of the team as required.
• Undertake unaccompanied visits and inspections (unless concerns exist about personal safety or specialist advice required in support) to residential and business premises in response to both reactive complaints and proactive risk-based inspection programmes.
• To review information and evidence gathered during a regulatory and compliance visit or inspection and formulate an appropriate response e.g. no action, informal advice or formal action.
• To critically analyse qualitative and quantitative evidence and data provided or collected to establish whether an intervention is required to protect health, safety or welfare e.g. to establish whether a statutory nuisance exists, a weights and measures infringement or a specialist consultant’s report into microbial analysis of food.
• Provide accurate and up-to-date information for the Lead Officer and Service Manager as required, assisting with effective budget setting and monitoring, ensuring best value for money from the team service budget(s), including maximising income and reducing costs. (Note: a Tier 2 graded officer may have direct day-to-day responsibility for an element of the service budget and/or for a significant piece of equipment).
• Maintain effective and direct communication with statutory agencies (e.g. HSE and FSA) and other relevant individuals, organisations and bodies that the client has contact with.
• To actively participate at team meetings and providing cover and support across other service teams, as and when required as part of a generic approach to the deployment and management of resources. This will require a broad knowledge and understanding of key environmental health and trading standards issues outside of the individual’s immediate area of professional and/or technical training and experience. Follow working practices and approaches to communication that will address potential different cultural and behavioural differences and expectations to promote a single-service approach to service delivery.
• Maximise personal performance, engagement and contribution to support a culture of aspiration and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• An appropriate qualification in Environmental Health and/or Trading Standards or equivalent
• Knowledge and experience within one or more recognised specialist area of environmental health (including private sector housing and licensing) and/or trading standards.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Trading Standards Institute or relevant housing and/or licensing body
• Experience in a local authority setting or other public sector regulatory and compliance settings
• Specific qualification in one or more specialist area.

For this role, you must be a person who:

• Understands and supports a commitment to the shared service.
• Helps to support a strong sense of cohesion and team spirit
• Contributes to a team working culture that is open and responsive to change
• Understands the key influences and how these relate to the service area
• Recognises financial pressures and the need to provide value for money and maximise return on investment
• Identifies and is responsive to customer needs, working with them to provide innovative solutions
• Understands the links and relationships between directorates and services
• Consistently displays commitment to positive and open way of working Manages their own case/workload within the boundaries (of autonomy) agreed with the Team Leader.
• Uses a range of communication styles to influence others

If this sounds like you, please contact Pocholo!