About Southwark
The team have challenging inspection and enforcement targets and deal with a variety of unusual food items as well as various types of food businesses. From illegally imported food to illegally produced meat known as ‘smokies’, every day in the role is different. However, you will be rewarded by the specialist and unique learning and development experience you will gain dealing with these businesses which will take your career to the next level. You will also get job satisfaction knowing that you are making a valuable contribution to ensuring the health and wellbeing of all who lives and work in Southwark including visitors to the borough.
The work includes inspection of food business across all the risk categories, supporting more senior officers with complex casework such as hygiene emergency prohibitions and approval of relevant establishments, contributing to the delivery of various project and promotional work to showcase the service as well as working with our partners both internal and external on local/regional priority initiatives. The role also involves reactive work dealing with service requests and complaints such as the investigation of food poisoning allegations, other concerns about food and food premises and following up infectious diseases Notifications. You will identify contraventions, and execute appropriate enforcement action based on assessed risk, and where necessary, prepare reports and evidence for legal proceedings including giving evidence in court.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.