Pt Environmental Health Officer - Environmental Health

What's involved with this role:
Interim PT Environmental Health Officer - Environmental Health Services
Reference no: NULBC (HQ) NUL17177
Pay rate: Up to £38.46 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 21 Monday to Friday across 3 days, normal working hours, to include some evening/weekend working
This opening assignment is for up to 6 months
City: NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME
Hybrid working, will be based in the Borough for 3 days per week
Enhanced DBS required for this role
Full driving licence and access to vehicle insured for work purposes
A PT Environmental Health Officer is required to be responsible for the efficient execution of the range of duties reasonably requested of and commensurate with the professional competence of a qualified Environmental Health Officer. To secure the implementation of the Council’s policy objectives and strategies for Operational Services, as they affect the Environmental Health Division.
Key responsibilities:
Assist with the achievement of the Council’s corporate objectives and in particular those relating to or linking with the Environmental Health Division.
Inspect premises, activities, food, water, chemical substances, plant and equipment, investigate complaints and initiate any action required.
Support and assist in the formal training of employees, trainees and students from within the division or who are assigned to the Division and who require a knowledge of the team’s professional functions.
Undertake day to day/on site supervision of such nominated technical staff or trainees that may be assigned for a specific task/function/period of time, also on site supervision of any manual staff as may be required to carry out the task/function.
Assist with the preparation of business plans, budget estimates and work programmes as required.
Prepare or assist in the preparation of reports and financial or statistical information as required including matters relating to annual reports, the Council’s Community and Performance Plans and reports to the Council and its Committees.
Attend Council, Committee and other meetings with outside bodies as required, as a representative of the Service and/or the Borough Council and, if necessary, report thereon.
Ensure that information systems are secure and are being operated in accordance with the appropriate legislation and the Council’s policies and procedures.
Undertake work out of normal office hours and at weekends as necessary for the efficient execution of the duties of the post.
Prepare, collate and present evidence and attend court, committee and/or planning appeals.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Full driving licence and access to vehicle insured for work purposes.
Must be EHORB registered.
BSc/MSc Environmental Health.
2 A levels or equivalent.
5 GCSEs at grade A-C (or equivalent) including English and Maths.
Experience:
Experience in planning consultation assessment and response on EH matters including liaison with planning colleagues, agents, consultants.
Experience of air quality, contaminated land, noise, light, odour and up to date knowledge of pollution related national planning policies and applicable professional guidance and standards.
Licensing Act Consultation responses experience.
Nuisance investigations including application of CPW / CPN’s including liaising with partner agencies experience.
Experience of PACE interviewing and Criminal Investigation Procedures and legal case file preparation.
Familiarity with CIVICA App would be an advantage.
Knowledge:
Knowledge of Environmental Health statutory and legal responsibilities.
Working knowledge of Microsoft applications sufficient to input and retrieve data using packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook for email.
Skills & Abilities:
Flexible on working hours – may have to commence early and finish late on occasions. Requirement to work evenings and weekends at short notice.
Ability to organise own time effectively and create own work schedules, prioritise, prepare in advance and set realistic timescales.
Ability to set and meet challenging goals, creating own measures and consistently seeks ways of improving performance.
Show an awareness of how own actions affect others.
Able to deal with ambiguity and remain focussed/positive and able to adjust to changes.
Ability to adapt and work effectively in different situations in order to carry out a variety of tasks, whilst remaining calm and level headed under pressure.
Strong communication skills and customer service skills.
Ability to negotiate and influence others to obtain a ‘win win’ solution.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support.
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Job Ref: NULBC (HQ) NUL17177
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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