City & Neighbourhood Services Department
Section: City Services
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract
Vacancy type: Full-time
£45,091 - £48,226 per year plus allowances, as appropriate (approx £60,490 - £64,695 incl per year)
There are currently five full-time, fixed term contract posts until 31 March 2027, subject to review, which may be extended subject to funding arrangements.
Belfast City Council is seeking to recruit Environmental Health Officers to our Port Health Unit to carry out a combination of enforcement, investigative, educational and advisory duties.
The immediate vacancies are within the Port Health Unit. As a member of this team, you will play a leading role in imported food control by ensuring that foods coming into Northern Ireland are safe and do not present a risk to public health, while at the same time helping NI’s supply chains to operate smoothly.
You must have excellent communication skills, be able to work effectively as part of a team and to prioritise and manage your own workload.
As Protestants are currently under-represented in this job group, applications from this group would be particularly welcome. As young people (people under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are currently under-represented in Belfast City Council, applications from these groups would be particularly welcome. As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. Belfast City Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.
About the department
As the largest department in the council with over 1400 staff, the City and Neighbourhood Services Department leads the delivery and implementation of a wide range of front‑line services that are vital for the people of Belfast and the wider regions, such as:
Open Space and Street Scene development and management – including all street cleansing and parks operational services;
Neighbourhood Development and Regeneration including community provision – including playground inspections, employability, health and wellbeing, active living and leisure development, community centres, community safety, landscape planning and development amongst others;
Regulatory and City Services – including dog and pest control, Housing of Multiple Occupancy, Environmental Health, Port Health, off-street car-parking, emergency planning, bereavement and cemetery services to name a few, and
Strategic waste management – including all waste collection and recycling and fleet management. The department is committed to providing the most customer‑centric, user‑friendly and cost‑efficient services that are fit for the future, having a positive and resounding impact, to ensure that Belfast is a great place to live and work for everyone.
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