Food Safety Officer

Job Title: Food Safety Officer

Salary: SO2 – SO2 (£32,314 - £36,931pa)

Application Closing Date: 02/02/2024

Location: Lincoln

Package: Permanent

Basis: Full-Time

Hours: 37

Lincoln is a very pleasant place to work, and a rewarding career awaits.  You will be working in the vibrant and beautiful cathedral City of Lincoln, as a member of the professional and friendly Food, Health & Safety Team.

A Food Safety Officer vacancy has arisen within our Food, Health & Safety Team into which we wish to recruit. This reflects the Council’s ongoing commitment towards protecting the health and well-being of our local community and people visiting Lincoln.

This is an excellent career opportunity in the team dealing with all aspects of Food Safety, Communicable Disease Control and Public Health matters.

As a minimum you will hold the EHRB Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspection or equivalent. 

As a key member of the team, you must be able to set priorities and monitor performance and be capable of adapting quickly to changing situations. You will be expected to contribute fully to the work of the team and the organisation. In return you can expect a real commitment to ensuring that your career development and training needs are met.

Please note this role is subject to a standard DBS check.

Provisional date for interviews: Tuesday 20th February 2024.

Key responsibilities:

• Work under the general direction of the Food, Health & Safety Team Leader to ensure that the Council discharges its duties in carrying out Food Safety inspections and official controls, investigating cases and outbreaks of infectious diseases, promotion of public health initiatives.

• To take appropriate enforcement action in order to achieve the protection of public health.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Ability to manage and lead projects.
• Ability in interpreting, implementing and applying guidelines and legislation.
• Team worker – experience of developing and maintaining constructive working relationships across teams.
• Experience to deal with contentious and complex issues.

• Experience of making safe and sound decisions and form judgements based on the evidence available, experience, knowledge and current legislation.
• Ability to use and be responsible for Council equipment and resources.
• Ability to work effectively on own and as part of a wider team.
• Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspection (EHRB or SFSORB).
• Experience of inspecting / auditing food businesses and the enforcement of Food Safety Legislation within the last 3 years.
• Can demonstrate an understanding of how to serve Notices; gather evidence; prepare cases for prosecution and apply knowledge to comply with the requirements of PACE and RIPA, where appropriate.

We also offer:

• Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Local government pension scheme (currently 23.4% employer contribution).
• Employee online discount scheme (including cinema, retail/supermarkets and homeware/tech).
• Health and Wellbeing support.
• Sustainable Travel Options (Tax free bike scheme and discounted City parking).

For an informal discussion, please contact Recruiting Manager Louise Harding (01522873284 or 07999130899).

To apply, please visit www.lincoln.gov.uk/jobs and complete our application form. You will find the essential criteria required for the role within the person specification section of the job description, so please ensure you address this in your supporting statement.

All external candidates are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and a 6-month probationary period.

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy.