<div><h3>LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT)</h3><p>We have a rare opportunity for this leadership role in an established team of eight. The team includes an experienced Senior Officer, a Graduate EHO, a highly efficient team of six Regulatory Compliance Officers and a long‑standing Case Officer. You will be supported by the Head of Service, the Service Manager and work alongside other Lead and Senior Officers in Licensing, Private Sector Housing, Food, Health and Safety.</p><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Manage, motivate and support the environmental protection team to provide a high‑quality, customer‑focused service.</li><li>Provide effective leadership, promoting a strategic approach to community safety, planning enforcement, consultations and environmental protection issues through the use of appropriate regulatory powers, policy interventions and partnerships.</li><li>Protect public health and the environment by implementing environmental legislation in relation to statutory nuisances, anti‑social behaviour, air quality, contaminated land, planning consultation and enforcement, water quality and pollution control.</li><li>Support high quality sustainable development.</li><li>Protect our heritage and a high quality natural environment.</li><li>Provide public confidence in the planning enforcement system.</li><li>Provide the governance arrangements, strategies and interventions to support the local community safety partnership.</li></ul><p>We offer a family‑friendly culture with a clear set of behavioural values and are a supportive employer in an organisation with flexible working hours, a Local Government Pension Scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.</p><p>We believe in valuing and are committed to equal opportunities as a confident employer.</p></div>