Environmental Health Officer Food/Health & Safety

Brackenberry • Full-time • London • 2d ago

Job Description:

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Westminster to assist with the appointment of an Environmental Health Officer, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £29.50 - £37.65 per Hour

Responsibilities:

To work within and nurture an integrated Public Protection ad Licensing directorate, responsible for ensuring a culturally competent, inclusive, workforce that identifies with our community and consistently models positive values and behaviours.
To harness your environmental health knowledge to make Westminster a healthier and more equitable place to live, work and visit.
To develop, implement and enforce environmental health policies and legislation, using specialist technical skills and knowledge to maintain and safeguard standards relating to people's health and well-being.
To carry out routine or unannounced visits and inspections to ensure compliance with legislation and taking action to improve conditions, through engagement, education and enforcement.
To deliver a responsive, fair and informed response to complaints and concerns from our communities, resolving issues and risks highlighted to us in a timely and efficient way.

Qualifications:

Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health or relevant other qualifications or experience that would allow the post holder to undertake the role.
Good interpersonal skills, an ability to build trusted relationships quickly, often in emotionally challenging situations, and the ability to respond calmly and deescalate any conflict.
Experience of working in a relevant environmental health discipline would be desirable.

Please note:

You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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