About The Role
Role: Environmental Health Manager
Location: Chorley
Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
Salary: £51,356 - £52,413 (plus 6% car allowance)
Closing Date: 7 June 2026
Are you a driven and experienced Environmental Health professional ready to lead a high‑performing team? We’re looking for an Environmental Health Manager to play a key leadership role in delivering vital public protection services and improving environmental standards across our communities.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape service delivery, influence strategy, and make a real difference to public health, housing, and environmental quality.
Responsibilities
* Leading and supporting the Environmental Health team to deliver a high‑quality, customer‑focused service
* Overseeing a wide‑ranging service covering housing, public health, food safety, environmental protection and community safety
* Managing day‑to‑day operations, ensuring workloads are prioritised and performance targets are met
* Making informed decisions on enforcement action and overseeing complex investigations and legal cases
* Providing expert advice on planning, licensing and environmental impacts
* Driving service improvements and delivering projects aligned to corporate priorities
* Managing budgets, resources and external contractors to ensure value for money
* Working closely with partners to safeguard vulnerable residents and support wider community outcomes
Qualifications
* A qualified Environmental Health professional with strong technical knowledge
* Proven leadership experience with the ability to motivate and develop a team
* Confident in managing enforcement activity and complex casework
* A strong communicator with sound judgement and a proactive, solutions‑focused approach
* Committed to delivering high standards and making a positive impact in local communities
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
* Hybrid/agile working from day one
* Local Government pension
* Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
* Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
* Volunteering days
* Free parking
Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.
We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier‑free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long‑term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.
If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
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