Senior Environmental Health Officer

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of West Berkshire Council.

Public Protection Partnership (PPP) is a shared environmental heath, licensing and trading standards service for Bracknell Forest, Wokingham and West Berkshire in Berkshire. 

We are seeking a Senior Environmental Health Officer to be a key member of the Environmental Quality team, working under the Principal Officer. You will provide professional expertise to the team and make high level case related operational decisions.

The main duties and responsibilities of the team are: air quality, contaminated land, commercial nuisance, planning consultations, prevention of public nuisance consultations, pollution prevention and control and private water supplies.

What PPP offers:

We offer a unique and dynamic working environment across the boroughs. The work and structure of PPP is based on the National Intelligence Model and we operate under a number of multidisciplinary functional areas to achieve the approved priorities.  This means there are plenty of exciting opportunities to experience a wide range of cases and projects.  In addition there is the variety of work that comes with operating across different boroughs.  As the post offers a working environment across the PPP areas you will be based in Theale, West Berkshire or Bracknell.

You will benefit from a commitment to your professional and personal development, a generous leave entitlement and the opportunity to work flexibly.  In return we expect you to manage other officers, have an eye for detail and be comfortable working under pressure.  You must be organised, flexible and enthusiastic, with good communication skills and able to work on your own initiative.

This role has the option for offering less hours than advertised, providing you meet the requirements of the role and service as determined by the recruiting manager.

The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

Certificate of Registration of the Environmental Health Registration Board or on the CIEH Professional Register.  Have a proven track record in environmental health with a specialist qualification.  A valid driving licence and access to a car for work is required.

This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies.

Our offer to you

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• We offer flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-21.00
• We offer hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities 
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.

All roles will be subject to an annual banding pay review until the top of the pay grade is reached (following successfully passing probation)

All roles will be eligible for the annual national pay award.

About us

West Berkshire council is a forward thinking and ambitious council. We have a positive attitude to our work and focus on excellent teamwork to deliver award winning services for our residents and businesses.

We employ over 1,500 members of staff corporately, plus additional members of staff working across our local schools and education settings. We offer a wide array of opportunities for training and development and varied career progression opportunities.

Our staff support the delivery of a wide range of services on behalf of the council. Ranging from garden waste collection, planning and roadworks to caring for those in our communities. Everything we do is focused on our priority for improvement and delivering our values of fairness, integrity and being customer focused.

If you interested in working with us and want to know more, please contact Suzanne Mclaughlin , Principal Officer , Environmental Quality on 01635 519851, or by email at Suzanne.McLaughlin@westberks.gov.uk.

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Equal Opportunities

The Council supports Equal Opportunity of employment and positively encourages applications from people who fall within any of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment

All roles will be subject to an annual banding pay review until the top of the pay grade is reached (following successfully passing probation)

All roles will be eligible for the annual national pay award.

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