Description- West Suffolk Council
- Address: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 3YU
- Salary: £40,777 - £46,142 per annum, plus excellent employee benefits package
- Hours: 37 hours per week
- Contract: Permanent. Required as soon as possible
- Reference: 0679
West Suffolk Council are looking for a motivated, confident, and innovative Environmental Protection Officer / Environmental Health Officer with drive and determination to join our dedicated team.
Working within the Environmental Protection team you will be expected to manage your own varied caseload, investigating, and enforcing a range of legislation to ensure compliance.
What you will need
You would be expected to lead on an area of work and provide support to the wider team and partners. We are looking for an experienced officer to carry out the full range of duties including contaminated land, air quality, private water supplies, environmental permitting, noise and nuisance assessment.
You will have excellent administration, communication and IT skills, with an attention to detail and ability to tackle issues holistically.
Site visits are required in a large rural area and so the suitable candidate will have the ability to travel throughout the West Suffolk area.
This is an exciting time to be joining West Suffolk Council which has gained a reputation for being ambitious and forward-thinking. Closer working relationships with Health and our community teams all present new opportunities to improve the health and wellbeing of our residents. You will have to demonstrate a record for working at pace, embracing change and delivering against objectives.
Please refer to the job description and person specification on our website for full details of this exciting opportunity.
Why work for us? Our benefits include:
- holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years (pro rata if part time) plus bank holidays (with an option to buy up to 10 extra days each year subject to approval)
- generous pension scheme - contribute between 5.5% and 6.8% (depending on your salary) and the council will contribute 26%
- life assurance – a payment of three times your annual salary
- flexible working options to enable work/life balance
- agile working - ability to work in the office and from home
- access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services
- salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and repay through your monthly salary)
- rail and bus staff discounts
- a range of Health and Wellbeing Initiatives including an employee assistance programme
- discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres
- A culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning
- modern office accommodation.
To find out more
For an informal discussion and further information please call Terence Stocks (Environmental Protection Manager) on 01284 757621 or email Terence.Stocks@westsuffolk.gov.uk
How to apply
To apply, please visit our website
Please note, we are unable to accept CVs, please follow the online application process to apply.
Closing date: 1 pm, 26 April 2026.
Interview date: 12 May 2026.
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt, therefore please apply without delay.
West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 district councils for climate action (Climate Scorecards 2023) and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities. The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2039.
