Overview
Senior Environmental Health Officer - Food Lead Officer
Band 7-9, £36,363 - £51,356
Full Time, 37 hours a week
Essential User Car Allowance and staff benefits scheme
One post
Fenland District Council is an award-winning progressive organisation, set in the heart of a scenic and unique rural landscape in north Cambridgeshire with affordable house prices, diverse market towns and villages with good transport links to London, Cambridge, Peterborough, and the North Norfolk coast.
Our positive, can-do culture enables us to punch above our weight and empowers staff to go that extra mile in delivering important services for local people.
Role and Requirements
The environmental health service is looking for a new team member to carry on the excellent work of our current food lead officer. We are looking for a committed individual with strong organisational, communication and professional skills.
An experience in food safety enforcement is a must including a passion for delivering fair and effective services and the ability to inspire others.
You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and able to work alone as well as with a small and very professional team of staff. The successful candidate will be rewarded by the specialist and unique learning and development experience which will take your career to the next level.
What we offer
The Fenland District offers a diverse range of food businesses, from large national and international food manufacturers to an ever-increasing number of catering outlets and home based businesses; we have responsibility for monitoring a live bivalve mollusc shellfish bed for microbiological contamination and are a member of our local shellfish liaison group; we also act as Port Health Authority and carry out ship sanitation inspections as per international health regulations.
We offer a flexible and hybrid working solution, a supportive and friendly team plus a staff benefits package.
Qualifications
Applicants must be a fully qualified environmental health officer, holding the Certificate of Registration of the Environmental Health Registration Board.
How to apply
If you are interested in this post and would like to apply, please complete an application form (please read the guidance notes) and send to the Human Resources team, preferably by email to Recruitment@fenland.gov.uk or post to the HR Team, at Fenland District Council, Room 48, Fenland Hall, County Road, March, PE15 8NQ.
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Closing date: Sunday 16th November 2025.
Contact and Additional Info
For informal enquiries, please contact Annabel Tighe, atighe@fenland.gov.uk
Application forms are available to download from our website, www.fenland.gov.uk or alternatively, please either phone our Customer Services team on 01354 654321 or email Recruitment@fenland.gov.uk
Please note, CVs are not accepted.
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