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Environmental Health Officer – Food Safety

Employer:London Borough of Tower Hamlets 

Reference:ENV/1573 

Salary:Level 1 – PO2 - £31,350 – £33,777 Level 2 – PO3 - £33,777 - £36,474 

Hours:35 hours per week 

Working pattern:Full Time, Permanent position 

Location:E14  

Closing date:26/09/2008 23:59 PM 

Tower Hamlets is a fascinating borough, a multi-cultural community steeped in history. The contrasts and challenges in Environmental Health Commercial work range from the dozens of restaurants in the “Curry Capital” of Brick Lane, to the high-tech corporate world-wide financial institutions in Canary Wharf, employing thousands of people using the Services that Environmental Health is responsible for.

We are at the cutting edge of Environmental Health using education, advisory and enforcement tools to obtaining health improvements for the Community and Businesses in the Borough. This has resulted in strong partnerships with external agencies that have enabled us to be innovative in our approach to Environmental Health.

We are able to offer a range of career opportunities for those that have almost obtained their EHRB registration through to individuals that would like to take on the challenge of managing staff and developing our Service Strategy.

The Service operates with two distinct areas comprising of health and safety specialists and food safety specialists. We would like to keep these specialisms but blur the edges enabling staff to work across areas when the need arises.

We are able to offer a 35 hour week with flexi-time (a maximum of two ‘flexi’ days can be taken in a four week period), structured training opportunities (CPD), excellent salaries an additional car user allowance, advisory and enforcement work, a minimum of 6 weeks paid leave a year, assistance to obtain the APD and managerial opportunities.

Environmental Health Officer – Food Safety
Level 1 – this level has been created for those applicants that have a degree in Environmental Health and have completed most of the professional elements towards the EHRB.
Level 2- applicants must hold the EHORB or equivalent, those with 2 years experience will be rewarded by starting higher up the pay scale.
Reporting to one of 3 Principal EHO’s you will be responsible for a district covering all reactive and proactive food hygiene/food standards that may arise. You will also be involved in health and safety projects and other programmes of work across the whole borough.

Equal Opportunities

We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.

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