Environmental Enforcement Officer
Part time - 3 days per week - 22.2 hours
Would you like to help stop fly-tipping from happening?
If your answer is yes, and you have the investigative skills, this is a job where you can make a real difference and see that difference.
As an Environmental Enforcement Officer, you will be investigating these sorts of incidents and helping Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council tackle this anti-sociable behaviour.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is ambitious in its aim to tackle those who fly-tip in the borough. We have a proven track record in tackling those who don’t respect our environment and an appetite to address this problem behaviour.
In the recent past the council has made a significant investment in surveillance cameras as part of our approach to tackling this behaviour. It is already making a difference and we want to continue this and achieve more. The council has developed an excellent track record of successful prosecutions in recent years and building on these successes and tackling fly-tippers is a priority for us.
You will be one of two officers working alongside each other and as part of the wider Environmental Health and Regulatory Services teams.
To join our team you will need to be ambitious, collaborative, and have a passion for upholding high environmental standards to protect the borough against this behaviour.
Your specific priority and focus will be the investigation and enforcement of waste offences, using our surveillance cameras. You must be an excellent communicator to build and develop excellent relationships with colleagues, partner agencies and other stakeholders to support and deliver this work.You must have experience in dealing with the public and be able to adapt your communication style appropriately to suit your audience.
You must have experience in a relevant enforcement role and demonstrate in your application how your experience and qualifications meet the specification for this role. If waste enforcement is a new area for you, we still want to hear from you, but you will need to demonstrate how you’ve adapted to new areas of work and developed the knowledge you need to carry out the role.
Basingstoke is a thriving high-tech town with excellent amenities, surrounded by picturesque villages and beautiful Hampshire countryside. Covering an area of 245 square miles in north Hampshire, 45 minutes to London Waterloo and bordering Surrey and the Thames Valley, Basingstoke offers a real blend of rural and urban living plus a top-class retail, leisure and culture offer making our borough a great place to live and work, offering all the benefits of a city in a pleasant, attractive environment.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Rhys Gilbert, Environmental Protection Team Leader on 01256 845272 or by email at rhys.gilbert@basingstoke.gov.uk
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council offer a wide range of benefits, including a generous leave entitlement, access to discounts at nationwide retailers through our ‘B Rewarded’ discount site, flexible working, healthcare cash plan, pension scheme and much more.
The council signs up to the Disability Confident scheme (formerly known as the ‘Two Ticks’ scheme). If you have declared a disability on the application form we can guarantee you an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.