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Salary:£39,862 - £41,771
Hours per week:37 hours
Rolling advert:We're continuously reviewing and interviewing applicants weekly for this job posting. We will stop accepting applications when sufficient applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Public Protection Service - Safeguarding Communities, Empowering Lives
Were looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Environmental Health Officer to join our creative Public Protection team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a wide range of disciplines - food hygiene, food standards, health and safety, trading standards, animal health, environmental protection, licensing, ASB Community Safety, and pest control.
Youll be part of a team that values innovation and sustainability in regulatory services, contributing to both proactive and reactive programmes. From inspections and compliance work to collaborative projects with other officers, youll help protect public health and support our shared commitment to high standards and continuous improvement.
Were looking for someone who has completed their Environmental Health Practitioner Portfolio and is a CIEH registered Environmental Health Practitioner. You will bring experience in food safety, health and safety, and infectious disease control, along with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage your workload independently. A UK driving licence is essential, and knowledge of high-risk food processes is a bonus.
Interested in meeting the team?Join us for a Meet the Team session to learn more about the role and the people behind it. Details will be shared upon application, with interviews following shortly after.
About us
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. Thats why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include
- To cover Environmental Health (EH) or Trading Standards (TS) duties relevant to one of the
PPS teams covering the Wiltshire Councils area. Enforcing a range of legal powers and
duties.
- To conduct inspections of a specified range of premises especially to premises with high
and medium risk rating to ensure compliance with all environmental health and Trading
Standards legislation.To respond to complaints and enquiries by investigation or advice as necessary. To use
professional judgement to determine and implement consequent enforcement action.
- Lead officer in a specialist area of work. Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of
specialist equipment to legal standards.
- Ensure that Wiltshire based businesses, including national companies, comply with Public
Protection legislation by offering legal advice and where necessary act as a point of
reference for other UK enforcement agencies.
- Direct, mentor and motivate trainee, graduate and apprentice Environmental Health
Officers, Trading Standards and Technical Officers studying for their professional
qualifications and to participate in their training including responsibility for their health and
safety.
- To maintain accurate records of actions on manual and computer systems. To ensure
notebook records are contemporaneous and admissible as evidence under the Police and
Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of specialist
equipment to legal requirements.
- Conduct and co-ordinate complex criminal investigations (resulting from complaints,
inspections and officer initiative) determining action necessary from service of notices,
organisation of works in default and preparing files for prosecution. To attend court as an
expert witness
- Providing the council's out of hours standby response to public protection emergencies and
out of hours investigations - taking all necessary decisions, including legal action and
revenue expenditure, as sole responsible person - the council's point of contact for
emergency planning issues (Local Authority Incident Officer)
- To carry out monitoring, inspections etc outside of office hours, often at weekends, at night
or early in the morning.
- Initiate, lead, contribute to and participate in the planning, implementation and review of
project work, surveys and sampling programmes. Post holder may lead projects to
determine compliance with Public Protection legislation. The post holder is expected to
take responsibility for key aspects of certain projects including implementation of new
legislation strategies and campaigns.
- Planning, creating, designing and implementing a project, survey or inspection technique,
including designing the protocol, which feeds into the service plan.
- Assist in the preparation of Specific Service Plans and assist in developing and maintaining
enforcement and procedure manuals.
- Represent the Department by giving talks to various bodies and participating in press
interviews to radio, TV and newspapers as required, and identify opportunities for the
effective promotion of the service.
- To provide education and training by facilitating and lecturing on courses and seminars,
organising and providing subject specific training for particular groups. Identify opportunities
for promoting the service and representing the department.
- Participate in producing risk assessment and drafting safe working practices to ensure the
health and safety of staff and public.
- To attend meetings of outside bodies and represent the council as necessary in matters
relating to the post holders caseload and expertise.
- Contribute to the planning, implementation and review of operational policies and priorities.
- Provide cascade training to staff, at all levels within the service, on new legislation following
attendance at National/Regional courses and seminars
- Training responsibility for trainee Environmental Health and Trading Standards Officers and
Enforcement Technical officers, mentoring and motivating trainee, graduate and apprentice
RT11- 1418 Env Health Officer / Trading Standards Officer June 2018 Page 7 of 11
public protection officers studying for professional qualifications.
- Post holder may be accompanied on visits by a student or work experience student and
post holder would be responsible for them whilst away from the office. Students: one year
contract daily contact, and supervision of children used in underage sales test purchases.
- Post holder may temporarily direct contract staff from another organisation eg contracted
EHO, work experience students
- Providing practical advice specific to individual businesses suggesting systems to meet
legislative requirements e.g. design of sampling or monitoring regimes, Post holder will
determine most appropriate course of action to resolve a wide range of Environmental
Health and Trading Standards issues and draft legal notices, letters, produce schedules of
work and evaluate success of method.
- Determines the appropriate offences to investigate and the most appropriate action to
resolve Public Protection issues such as drafting legal notices, letters, schedules of work,
obtaining evidence and reporting offences in consultation with the team manager.
- There is wide discretion and empowerment for all officers. In responsive work there is no
precedent and the post holder has to use discretion in choice of legislation and professional
expertise to make a judgement of the most appropriate course of action. Post holder
interprets legislation, work policies and procedures on a daily basis. The Post holder
provides a professional opinion in the field and makes decisions, frequently remote from the
office without reference to anyone else or direct colleague support. All initial decisions
regarding enforcement are made by the post holder. Whether or not a matter can be dealt
with by an informal discussion or requires a formal approach up to and including
recommending prosecution is a matter for the judgement of the post holder.
- Ordinarily a manager will be available for the post holder to discuss via telephone specific
cases. However, occasionally in out of hours situations the officer is the sole authority e.g. if
a statutory nuisance, health & safety or food safety incident requires immediate legal action.
There is no manager available for advice out of hours and the EHO/TSO on-call has sole
authority and responsibility to make decisions such as taking formal action on behalf of the
authority. This could involve seizing items, closing premises or cautioning and reporting
offences.
PLEASE SEE JOB ADVERT FOR FULL ROLE DESCRIPTION
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include
- To cover Environmental Health (EH) or Trading Standards (TS) duties relevant to one of the
PPS teams covering the Wiltshire Councils area. Enforcing a range of legal powers and
duties.
- To conduct inspections of a specified range of premises especially to premises with high
and medium risk rating to ensure compliance with all environmental health and Trading
Standards legislation.To respond to complaints and enquiries by investigation or advice as necessary. To use
professional judgement to determine and implement consequent enforcement action.
- Lead officer in a specialist area of work. Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of
specialist equipment to legal standards.
- Ensure that Wiltshire based businesses, including national companies, comply with Public
Protection legislation by offering legal advice and where necessary act as a point of
reference for other UK enforcement agencies.
- Direct, mentor and motivate trainee, graduate and apprentice Environmental Health
Officers, Trading Standards and Technical Officers studying for their professional
qualifications and to participate in their training including responsibility for their health and
safety.
- To maintain accurate records of actions on manual and computer systems. To ensure
notebook records are contemporaneous and admissible as evidence under the Police and
Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of specialist
equipment to legal requirements.
- Conduct and co-ordinate complex criminal investigations (resulting from complaints,
inspections and officer initiative) determining action necessary from service of notices,
organisation of works in default and preparing files for prosecution. To attend court as an
expert witness
- Providing the council's out of hours standby response to public protection emergencies and
out of hours investigations - taking all necessary decisions, including legal action and
revenue expenditure, as sole responsible person - the council's point of contact for
emergency planning issues (Local Authority Incident Officer)
- To carry out monitoring, inspections etc outside of office hours, often at weekends, at night
or early in the morning.
- Initiate, lead, contribute to and participate in the planning, implementation and review of
project work, surveys and sampling programmes. Post holder may lead projects to
determine compliance with Public Protection legislation. The post holder is expected to
take responsibility for key aspects of certain projects including implementation of new
legislation strategies and campaigns.
- Planning, creating, designing and implementing a project, survey or inspection technique,
including designing the protocol, which feeds into the service plan.
- Assist in the preparation of Specific Service Plans and assist in developing and maintaining
enforcement and procedure manuals.
- Represent the Department by giving talks to various bodies and participating in press
interviews to radio, TV and newspapers as required, and identify opportunities for the
effective promotion of the service.
- To provide education and training by facilitating and lecturing on courses and seminars,
organising and providing subject specific training for particular groups. Identify opportunities
for promoting the service and representing the department.
- Participate in producing risk assessment and drafting safe working practices to ensure the
health and safety of staff and public.
- To attend meetings of outside bodies and represent the council as necessary in matters
relating to the post holders caseload and expertise.
- Contribute to the planning, implementation and review of operational policies and priorities.
- Provide cascade training to staff, at all levels within the service, on new legislation following
attendance at National/Regional courses and seminars
- Training responsibility for trainee Environmental Health and Trading Standards Officers and
Enforcement Technical officers, mentoring and motivating trainee, graduate and apprentice
RT11- 1418 Env Health Officer / Trading Standards Officer June 2018 Page 7 of 11
public protection officers studying for professional qualifications.
- Post holder may be accompanied on visits by a student or work experience student and
post holder would be responsible for them whilst away from the office. Students: one year
contract daily contact, and supervision of children used in underage sales test purchases.
- Post holder may temporarily direct contract staff from another organisation eg contracted
EHO, work experience students
- Providing practical advice specific to individual businesses suggesting systems to meet
legislative requirements e.g. design of sampling or monitoring regimes, Post holder will
determine most appropriate course of action to resolve a wide range of Environmental
Health and Trading Standards issues and draft legal notices, letters, produce schedules of
work and evaluate success of method.
- Determines the appropriate offences to investigate and the most appropriate action to
resolve Public Protection issues such as drafting legal notices, letters, schedules of work,
obtaining evidence and reporting offences in consultation with the team manager.
- There is wide discretion and empowerment for all officers. In responsive work there is no
precedent and the post holder has to use discretion in choice of legislation and professional
expertise to make a judgement of the most appropriate course of action. Post holder
interprets legislation, work policies and procedures on a daily basis. The Post holder
provides a professional opinion in the field and makes decisions, frequently remote from the
office without reference to anyone else or direct colleague support. All initial decisions
regarding enforcement are made by the post holder. Whether or not a matter can be dealt
with by an informal discussion or requires a formal approach up to and including
recommending prosecution is a matter for the judgement of the post holder.
- Ordinarily a manager will be available for the post holder to discuss via telephone specific
cases. However, occasionally in out of hours situations the officer is the sole authority e.g. if
a statutory nuisance, health & safety or food safety incident requires immediate legal action.
There is no manager available for advice out of hours and the EHO/TSO on-call has sole
authority and responsibility to make decisions such as taking formal action on behalf of the
authority. This could involve seizing items, closing premises or cautioning and reporting
offences.
PLEASE SEE JOB ADVERT FOR FULL ROLE DESCRIPTION
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
