Environmental Health Team Assistant

Environmental Health Team Assistant
Scale 2 £23,114 - £23,893
37 hrs per week – Fixed term until end of March 2025
Following the post holder being seconded to another role, an opportunity has arisen to join our Environmental Health team as a Team Assistant. The post holder will be the first point of contact for new and existing Environmental Health enquiries and cases. This includes a broad and interesting remit including health and safety, food safety, public health, statutory nuisance complaints, enviro-crime, mobile homes and housing issues.
Reporting to the Environmental Health Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for answering the telephone, responding to customer enquiries, liaising with our partner organisations, minute-taking, updating databases, generating statistical reports and assisting officers with investigations and project work.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who will help organise our busy office and support a team of officers. It is essential that you have a good understanding of Microsoft Office applications as well as the ability to use bespoke databases following training. You will have strong communication and excellent organisational skills, with previous experience of working in a customer focussed environment.
Further details about the role can be found on the Job Description & Personal Specification.
To find out more about the job and what it is like to work for us, please contact Phil Fasham (Environmental Health Manager) on 0116 2727548 for an informal discussion.
This role will require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check (known as a DBS check). All offers of employment will be made conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory DBS check.
Benefits of working with us include a local government pension scheme, exciting career opportunities, flexible working including a flexi-time scheme and out of town offices with free car parking and cycle bays. To find out more, click on the link Employee benefits
Should you have any technical issues when applying, please email human.resources@blaby.gov.uk
Closing date: Midday Monday 3 June 2024
Interview date: Thursday 13 June 2024
Blaby District Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we welcome applications from all diversities. We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people and those in the Armed Forces, and therefore as a Disability Confident Employer and to show that we commit to the Armed Forces Covenant, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Further information can be found on our jobs page.

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