Employment TypeFull-time, Permanent
Job ReferenceEHOFSOx2
Working Hours37 hours per week
Job LocationWork will be required across the Shared Service Partnership area including Hybrid Working
Base Salary£40,198 (€47,088.17)-£43,180 (€50,574.85)
Closing dateMay 26, 2024
“Happy to talk flexible working”
About the role and team
An exciting opportunity has arisen for twoEnvironmental Health OfficersorFood Safety Officersto join our ambitious and progressive Shared Environmental Health Partnership atMole ValleyandTandridge District Councilsand be valued members of a friendly and professional team.
The roles in theCommercial Teamoffer a wide range of challenges and opportunities to make a difference and contribute to the success of our shared service, whilst developing your own knowledge and experience.
The successful candidates will enjoy a range of duties, focusing on theinspection of foodbusinessesinall risk categories, including approved establishments, the participation insampling programmes, as well as theinspection of workplacesand the completion of nationally and locally agreed targetedhealth and safety projects.
In addition, there will be the opportunity tocontributeto therisk assessmentand monitoring ofprivate water supplies, the investigation of infectious disease cases, the registration of premises and practitioners offering skin piercing treatments, together with playing a key role in supporting the service’s primary authority partnership agreements with several high-profile businesses.
Achieving all this will requireflexibility,enthusiasm, good organisation skills and an interest in and knowledge of the topics involved. The role will involve working closely with colleagues, business proprietors and elected members and so will require excellent customer service and communication skills.
About you
The ideal candidates will bequalifiedandexperiencedin deliveringofficial food controls, holding aBSc or MSc in Environmental Healthand/or having successfully completed one of the pathways recognised by theCIEHto being aRegistered Food SafetyPractitioner, so possessing one of the relevant qualifications stipulated in the Food Law Code of Practice, as well as conformance with the Food Standards Agency’s Competency Framework.
Experience ofpromoting compliancethrough both a supportive as well as a staged approach to enforcement would be an advantage, as would agood working knowledgeofcurrent legislation.
You will manage your own caseload offood safety,health and safetyat work-relatedinspections,interventions,andinvestigationsofinfectious disease, as well as service requests received from members of the public relating tocommercial premises.
As well as working in a beautiful part of the country, amongst the Surrey Hills, further benefits will include flexible working, casual user car allowance, generous leave entitlement, the opportunity to completeadditional trainingandpersonal developmentand payment of yourCIEH membership fees.
If you are excited by this opportunity, are highly organised, positive and have a commercial awareness that allows you to develop excellent business opportunities and relationships, we would love to hear from you.
For you
Hybrid working with flexibility
We’re less about you driving to work and more about driving down our carbon footprint (meeting our pledge to be carbon neutral by 2030).
Our hybrid working policy offers many employees the opportunity to work from home up to three days a week should they wish (pro rata for part time working).
In support of our people andour Climate Change Strategy, we welcome hybrid working and are happy to talk flexible working too. These roles are suitable for hybrid and/or flexible working, subject to meeting our service delivery commitment of being responsive to meet the needs of our residents and businesses.
Further info
About us
For an informal chat about the role, please contactTrish O’CallaghanCommercial Team Leader on01306 879229/+441306 879229.
Closing date for applicants:11.59pm on 26 May 2024
Interview dates:To be arranged with the individual
How to apply
Click Apply Nowor email ourcareers inboxsubmit your up to dateCV/along with asupporting statement, to let us know how you meet the required skills and experience of the job description and person specification.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the closing date if applications from suitable candidates are received.
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