Pest Control Officer

As a Pest Control Technician you can make your own powerful contribution to our Pest Control Teams mission - to be the best Council operated Pest Control Service in London.

We want to provide an excellent service covering a growing portfolio of pests and are looking for ambitious individuals with a team mentality that want to continuously learn and develop in their chosen profession. By providing a supportive and nurturing environment we are looking to, so far as is practicable, support residents and bussinesses in the borough to control, and manage out, infesttions of rats, mice, bed bugs, cockroaches and other well recognised urban pests.

You’ll be delivering a customer focused, high quality service, carrying out surveys of sites and premises after a complaint or request for service has been received, or as part of a regular inspection programme, taking responsibility for advising complainants and other members of staff regarding suitable treatments and follow up preventative measures, delivering basic proofing works, coordinating and carrying out treatments appropriate to specific tasks, and using approved methods to ensure the most efficient destruction of pests, and undertake block treatment and baiting programmes. We’ll also expect you to keep proper records of the work you carry out, and monitor the use of pesticides and equipment via accurate completion of the stock control register.

The above is not exhaustive list of the duties we will want you to carry out so please ensure you fully read the Job Description for more detailed information and to use as a guide in replying to the application questions by responding to each point of the Person Specification in the correct part of the form. Do let us know if you have any question at pest.control@towerhamlets.gov.uk

About You:

With an RSPH Level 2 in Pest Management or its equivalent, you’ll have experience of operational pest control and the ability to use a wide variety of information systems and technology. Capable of planning, delivering and coordinating projects and your own workload, you’ll have a strong customer focus and be friendly, approachable and empathetic.

A confident communicator, you’ll be ready to work solo and unsupervised in accordance with agreed programmes, and possess the ability to write concise reports and keep both written and computerised records of case work. In addition, we’ll expect you to have a strong understanding of, and commitment, to safe lone working.

What We Offer:

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is an amazing place. We are home to well over 300,000 residents from all walks of life, from all around the world and are packed full of vibrant communities, vital businesses, cultural destinations and local amenities - a destination for all kinds of visitors at all times of the day and night. We love Tower Hamlets and want to show you why it is a great place to work.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.