Environmental Health Officer
What's involved with this role:
Interim Environmental Health Officer
Job Ref: NW Leicestershire 5260372Pay Rate: Up to £21.28 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Key Requirements:
At least 2 years’ experience of dealing with Environmental Health issues.Environmental Health Degree or Diploma.
Registered with Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
Knowledge and awareness of Pollution Control, Private Sector Housing & Housing Standards, Nuisance Investigations and relevant statutory and good practice guidance.
Knowledge and awareness of Public Health and Housing Standards.
Experience undertaking both inspections, investigations and enforcement action including prosecutions.
Experience of detailed knowledge and experience of dealing with complex and contentious investigations.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle with business insurance.
The successful candidate will carry out duties in relation to private sector housing & housing standards, pollution control, nuisance, and respond to service requests in relation to air quality and contaminated land. Supervise the team in relation to enviro crime and public protection caseloads.
Key Responsibilities:
Undertake inspections, sampling and other visits to assess compliance with relevant legislation.Respond to all service requests within the remit of the work of the team.
Take appropriate enforcement action against those failing to comply with relevant legislation.
Investigate alleged breaches of legislationProvide advice and guidance.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.1
Job Ref: NW Leicestershire 5260372
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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