Graduate Trainee Food and Safety Officer

• East Suffolk Council, Lowestoft NR33 0EQ or Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1RT
• £36,648 per annum, plus essential car user allowance
• Full Time
• Fixed term for 12 months

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Food and Safety Team as a Graduate Trainee Food and Safety Officer.

The role:

Your role will be to complete the EHP Portfolio and Professional discussion within the 12-month contract. You will also be expected to deliver a wide range of regulatory and advisory activities covering occupational health and Safety, food safety, infectious disease control, skin piercing registration and port health, at a level appropriate to your qualifications, experience and competence and having regard to codes of practice and associated guidance.

What you will need:

We are looking for someone who holds an accredited qualification in Environmental Health who wishes to become a Registered Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP) accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

If you are an excellent team player, who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and passionate about delivering high quality customer service, along with a good eye for detail and committed to delivering continuous improvement in processes and practices then we would love to hear from you.

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
• Local government pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

To find out more

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact V Johnston on 07770 583246 or Andrew Robinson on 07570 962374.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 8 April 2024

Interviews: Week commencing 15 April 2024

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification

Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).