Carnival UK is the operating company for P&O Cruises & Cunard. We provide world class cruise holidays and take enormous pride from bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage. That legacy of elegance and style, of beautiful ships, inspiring leadership and guest-obsessed service excellence lives on today, as we evolve ourselves for tomorrow.
Working at Carnival UK/P&O Cruises/Cunard means being part of a tight-knit but truly global team made up of friendly, happy, caring people. Parts of our business are incredibly diverse, but we work hard every day to promote even greater inclusion, fresh ideas and different perspectives. Whatever our role or background, we share high standards, heartfelt values and a sense of belonging. We’re focused on wellbeing every day, as well as being supportive and compassionate when we need it most.
As a growing business we have a big focus on developing skills and continuous learning. From formal qualification to the life lessons of worldwide travel, we offer people a broad range of personal and professional development opportunities. All of our roles give people the chance to stretch themselves and learn from colleagues with a wealth of experience. As our business grows, we want our people to grow too. So, we’re determined to create opportunities for everyone to drive their development and define their own career path within the Cruise and Maritime industry.
Our continued success relies on providing world-class experiences and outstanding facilities. To make that possible, we need to ensure every guest and member of the ships company, as well as the facilities and the ship herself, remain safe and secure protecting the environment and being compliant everywhere we operate.
That’s where you’ll come in. As a Public Health Officer, driving the high quality of shipboard public health practices through operational support, compliance audits, policy and procedure development and implementation.
Within this role you will be responsible for helping to make our ships the safest on the seas, in this exciting and varied role. You will lead by example in your role, reporting all accidents or near misses, whilst following all safety rules and procedures. You will coordinate with your shoreside manager and shipboard departments to resolve any operational issues, or emergencies that occur.
What we’re looking for:
* An individual with a Bachelor’s Degree within Public Health, Environmental Health, Biological Sciences, or any closely related fields.
* Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in the field of environments or public health
* Having ship experience would be desirable .
* Knowledge of infection control practices and Vessel Sanitation Standards.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with various teams.
* Experience in implementing, overseeing, or auditing public health programmes.
* Someone able to direct prevention and control of infectious disease, overseeing compliance and reporting findings.
* A calming presence, with a structured approached and ability to influence people at all levels.
* Able to understand and promote company direction and values and demonstrate this by actively embracing and doing what they can to deliver it
If the above accurately describes your skills and you’d love to be part of the journey, please see attached the job description.
During the recruitment and on boarding process we may not be able to offer an exact start date, but as soon as we can, we will let you know and make sure you have plenty of notice and support to get ready for your adventure with us.
Equality (fixed)
We are working hard to build a flexible and inclusive culture. As part of our culture difference is valued and our people can be themselves. We welcome applications from everyone because inclusivity is at the heart of everything we do. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership and pregnancy & maternity.
At Carnival UK, we collaborate with a variety of reputable agencies who will never ask you to pay a hiring fee or any other associated monies in order to submit an application to us. All applications are reviewed against the same criteria and using an agency will not increase your chances of being successful.