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We’re looking for a motivated Food &amp; Safety Officer to help us promote, maintain and improve public health through advice, guidance and proportionate enforcement—primarily with local businesses across the partnership areas. You’ll be based at our Sittingbourne office with flexible hybrid working. <h4>What you’ll do</h4><ul><li>Deliver inspections, interventions and investigations as part of our planned programme—mainly in Swale and Maidstone, with flexibility to support across the partnership when needed. Keep accurate records in line with service procedures. </li><li>Provide clear, practical guidance to help businesses comply with food hygiene and health &amp; safety legislation; take appropriate enforcement action where necessary (including statutory notices and supporting legal proceedings). </li><li>Investigate complaints and incidents relating to public health and safety, including food and infectious disease control, taking timely action to minimise risk. </li><li>Work with partners on initiatives that support corporate and service outcomes, and contribute to continuous improvement across the Food &amp; Safety Team. </li><li>Play your part in business continuity and emergency planning activities across Maidstone, Swale and Tunbridge Wells Borough Councils when required. </li></ul><h4>About you:</h4>Essential<ul><li>Proven experience delivering food and health &amp; safety interventions to businesses and engaging a wide range of stakeholders.</li><li>Experience supporting enforcement action (e.g., providing evidence/appearing in court). </li><li>Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspection with Food Inspection Endorsement (EHRB/IFST or equivalent) and EHRB (or equivalent) registration; evidence of continued professional development. </li><li>Strong working knowledge of food safety legislation, relevant Codes of Practice and their application to business environments; good IT skills (MS Office; databases). </li><li>Full UK driving licence and use of a car for work. </li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>NEBOSH General Certificate (or NVQ Level 3 in Occupational H&amp;S) and knowledge of H&amp;S legislation and guidance in business settings. </li><li>Experience in local authority, specialist food safety audits for approved premises, and outcomes across wider public health (including infectious disease control). </li><li>Familiarity with Uniform and i‑Trent software. </li></ul>What we offer:<ul><li>Financial: An attractive basic salary within a clear pay structure </li><li>Holiday Entitlement: 26 days annual leave (increasing to 29 days after 5 years continuous Local Government service) plus three additional days in December and bank holidays.</li><li>Employee Assistance Programme: The Council has partnered with Health Assured to provide staff with access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to assist in balancing everyday life with the requirement of work and home.</li><li>Free staff parking and an essential car user allowance of £1000 per annum (pro-rated for part time staff).</li><li>Pensions: Membership of the Local Government (CARE – Career Average (Revalued Earnings) Pension Scheme – Employer contribution of 19.7%.</li><li>Personal Development: Invaluable training opportunities for continuing professional development.</li><li>Take a look <a href="https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/council/jobs/whats-it-like#:~:text=a%2520great%2520pension%2520scheme%2520(including,car%2520loans" target="_blank">here</a> at all the additional benefits that we offer.</li></ul>Interview date: 13 January 2026 Equal OpportunitiesTunbridge Wells – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.SafeguardingThe Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.





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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Food & Safety Officer

We offer: 14% Shift allowance, salary-linked pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement.About us: A Border Control facility has been set up in Ashford on the Sevington site, near junction 10A of the M20. This site provides the customs and transit checks required for hauliers imported food checks to ensure that goods comply with the statutory duties to safeguard public health.We are recruiting staff to conduct Official Controls – and be responsible for carrying out checks on imports of products of animal origin and high-risk food not of animal origin, in order to ensure that only products that are safe to eat enter the food chain and protect against bio security threats.The Role: Reporting to the Principal Port Health Officer you will be responsible for undertaking a range of statutory duties to safeguard public health. Conducting Official Controls you will be carrying out checks on imports of products of animal origin and high risk food not of animal origin in order to ensure that only products that are safe to eat enter the food chain. In addition you will direct the work and activities of the Technical Officer, and Technical Assistant.Who are we looking for? It is essential that you have suitable qualification(s) to undertake import controls at Border Control Posts as defined by the FSA Food Law Code of Practice and Practice Guidance (normally MSc, Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health plus Certificate of Registration with the Environmental Health Registration Board EHRB (CIEH)), along with having:Evidence of continual professional development Enforcement experience relevant to food control work Strong skills and knowledge relevant to food control, health and safety, and public health functions The ability to interpret and analyse legislation, statutory guidance, technical updates and good practice Competency in IT systems including email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentation software Willingness and ability to work a shift pattern over 24 hours/7 days per week/365 days per yearAs an employee of Ashford Borough Council you will have the opportunity to work with other environmental health professionals across the organisation to broaden your experience. For an informal discussion about this role please contact Marie Connolly on 0300 0424557Click to view <a href="https://www.ashford.gov.uk/media/bthbmdbq/shift-pattern-dec-2025.xlsx" target="_blank">Shift Patten</a>Click to view a<a href="https://www.ashford.gov.uk/media/n1mhmo42/6894a-7158a-port-health-officer-senior-port-health-officer-dec-2025.doc" target="_blank">Job Description</a> - When completing your application, ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the essential requirements. Applications that only address desirable criteria, or do not provide sufficient evidence against the essential criteria, will not progress to the next stage.We can offer VISA certificates of sponsorship for this role. Please contact <a href="mailto:recruitment@ashford.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@ashford.gov.uk</a> for more information.When applying - Please ensure that you have received confirmation of a submitted application once completed. For any assistance in completing the application form, please email <a href="mailto:recruitment@ashford.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@ashford.gov.uk</a>Visit the jobs page of our website <a href="http://www.ashford.gov.uk/jobs" target="_blank">www.ashford.gov.uk/jobs</a>We offer a competitive remuneration package, an excellent salary linked pension scheme, generous annual leave, free life insurance, supportive relocation package and opportunities for training and development.Ashford Borough Council recognises the need to ensure the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults when they come into contact with the services we provide.We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community





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Ashford Borough Council

Senior Port Health Officer

What will you be doing?Do you have a passion for partnership working? Would you like to help transform the capability of local authorities to respond effectively and consistently to incidents and emergencies?What do reservoir failures, Covid-19, high rise building fires, and national power outages have in common? Well, all of them require Local Resilience Forum partners to work together to prepare for, respond to, and support communities to recover from these and many other incidents – and you could play a significant role in making this happen.KCC’s Resilience &amp; Emergency Planning Service, in partnership with Kent Police, Kent Fire &amp; Rescue Service, and the other Category 1 responding agencies in the Kent &amp; Medway Resilience Forum (KMRF) resource and support the Kent Resilience Team. This multi-agency team support KMRF partners to deliver work that makes Kent &amp; Medway more resilient.We are looking for someone with proven experience of working in a public sector / emergency planning environment in order to swiftly begin to drive this exciting and challenging work. As one of the managers in the KRT, you will lead one of the four main workstreams (risk, plans &amp; capabilities, training &amp; exercising, lessons identified / learned). This will require you to have leadership capabilities to deliver work in partnership with the wider resilience forum.You will be confident navigating complex and high-risk statutory, legislative and governance frameworks. You will be used to working closely with senior colleagues across multiple services, understanding how decisions in one area impact others, and shaping work so it aligns with the statutory duties of KCC and wider partners. The KRT (KCC) Manager will lead and coordinate workstreams that operate across the whole resilience forum. You will provide clear direction and ensure that work progresses in a timely manner. A strong understanding of emergency planning legislation, relevant qualifications, and / or extensive experience in the resilience sector is essential. Experience working in a political environment is important. You will prepare, write and shape formal reports, presentations and papers for a variety of audiences, including KMRF governance boards, working groups, training courses, and exercises. You may also need to present to internal meetings of individual partners. Conversations will often be challenging, and there is a need to build consensus from an initial position of competing requirements. Given the countywide nature of the role, travel to sites across Kent will be required, engaging directly with communities, stakeholders, and partners to ensure that planning is grounded in operational reality and local context of the needs of partners and communities.You will also be comfortable with taking the lead at operational and tactical levels of incident response as part of the KCC Duty Emergency Planning Officer and KRT On Call Officer cohorts. You will be able to take appropriate, timely multi-agency decisions based on the information available to you at the time, to effectively prioritise tasks, and to confidently respond on behalf of KCC.We are seeking someone who is able to drive change in complex areas, bring clarity and structure to ambiguous situations, and build strong relationships across the organisation to support a whole-Council approach to strategic delivery while taking a hands-on approach to tackling legal and repetitional risks. You will have day-to-day line management and supervisory responsibilities for KRT / KCC staff. Whilst you and the rest of Kent Resilience Team will be based at Kent Fire &amp; Rescue HQ in Tovil, Maidstone, you will be able to take advantage of a hybrid working policy (both home and office working, according to business needs). There is a requirement to be in the office twice a week.You will also be closely linked to the wider KCC Resilience &amp; Emergency Planning Service based at the County Emergency Centre on the County Hall campus in Maidstone. This gives you access to colleagues with specialist knowledge of the local authority landscape.ApplicationAs part of your application, you will need to outline all your relevant experience in the ‘Reason for Applying’ section of your online application form. We will use this section as part of the shortlisting process, so make sure you have evidenced how you meet the various requirements in the job description and person specification.If you are shortlisted, we will ask you to deliver a presentation at your interview – we will confirm the subject of the presentation ahead of your interview date. Main duties and responsibilities:<ol><li>Participate effectively in KCC Infrastructure division Extended Leadership Team and other leadership forums, including providing specialist guidance and advice to internal services and influencing decision making and building customer relationships across KCC.</li></ol><ol><li>Co-lead with the KRT partners the development and delivery of the KMRF Business Plan, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations, and guidance ensuring changes in legislation and regulations are interpreted and implemented </li></ol><ol><li>Represent the KRT at local, regional, and national multi-agency / stakeholder meetings, leading / chairing working groups, providing KRF opinions and tactical advice to influence the cross-directorate and multi-agency decision making on behalf of KCC.</li></ol><ol><li>Lead and develop the provision of specialist, clear, consistent professional advice and guidance regarding KMRF workstreams, by interpreting policy / procedures and applying best practice to solve complex resilience queries for a wide range of customers across all KMRF partner organisations.</li></ol><ol><li>Lead, develop and build strong customer relationships with multi-agency groups and partners, influencing decision makers through the understanding of how resilience issues may impact their organisation.</li></ol><ol><li>Manage and lead workstreams, projects, and initiatives within the Kent Resilience Team to meet multi-agency organisational aims and objectives ensuring the commissioning of expertise of other functions within the multi-agency organisations.</li></ol><ol><li>Manage and ensure oversight of project portfolios from concept to handover, which will include the setting of project plans, finance, procurement, communicating progress to the Head of the Kent Resilience Team, KMRF governance boards, and the KCC Head of Resilience and Emergency Planning to ensure the mitigation of risks to the population of Kent &amp; Medway.</li></ol><ol><li>Lead and manage a team of professionally qualified staff, and those working towards qualification, developing and motivating them through day-to-day support and supervision.</li></ol><ol><li>Facilitate multi-agency debriefs to identify and learn lessons from responses, training, and exercises, to improve ways of working in the future.</li></ol><ol><li>Contribute to monitoring of budgets for the KRT as part of the KRT Management Team, ensuring that cost retrieval and other financial targets are achieved, and resources are used appropriately with consistent appraisal methods for expenditure. </li></ol><ol><li>Stimulate an environment for innovation, with opportunities to plan new interventions that will drive innovation, proactively embracing new ways of working. Continuously review current ways of working to identify improvements.</li></ol><ol><li>Participate in the KMRF’s and KCC’s response to incidents / emergencies, including contributing to command and control meetings, coordinating resources, and liaising with colleagues in KCC and wider KRF partner organisations (both in hours and out-of-hours), when required. </li><li>Support the development and delivery of multi-agency command training to KCC and wider KMRF partner agencies.</li></ol> This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. About youIf you have any questions about this role, please contact Andy Jeffery (<a href="mailto:andy.jeffery@kent.gov.uk" target="_blank">andy.jeffery@kent.gov.uk</a>), Head of Resilience &amp; Emergency Planning, who will line manage this role.About usWork that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply. 





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