Environmental Health Officer - Food Safety
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Interim Environmental Health Officer - Food Safety
Reference no: Bristol 5255993Pay Rate: £35.69 per hour PAYE
37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 11 months
City: BRISTOL
Fully competent registered Environmental Health Officer to undertake food safety inspections. It is to undertake food safety and infectious disease control work and Food Safety Inspections.
Key Responsibilities:
Support businesses to achieve full legal compliance through advice and education programs but where necessary take the appropriate and proportionate enforcement actions in accordance with national and Council policies and relevant legislative provisions to safeguard public health and the food supply chain.
Respond to, and where necessary investigate and report upon complaints and requests for service in relation to food safety and workplace safety, health and welfare issues. Where necessary liaising with the relevant external agencies including the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Health & Safety Executive (HSE), Public Health England etc.
Investigate reported infectious disease complaints and notifications.Work collaboratively with other teams and departments towards achieving the Council’s strategic objectives.
Undertake and discharge the responsibilities of a duly appointed and warranted Environmental Health Officer.
Exercise warranted powers and authority to make application to Court under Food Safety or Health & Safety legislation including, for the ‘closure’ of food premise giving rise to imminent risk to the health of the public.
Act as the Council’s specialist and where appropriate expert witness on matters within the post holder’s professional expertise and where appropriate, making such expertise, knowledge and experience available to the team and the Regulatory Services Department.
Act as point of reference for expert knowledge, professional interpretation of legislation and guidance as applicable in the support of Regulatory Services Officers in the team as well as the Regulatory Services Department and Council.Undertake and self manage within delegated parameters and authority lead responsibility for specific areas of service delivery in Food Safety and related H&SWA matters, initiating, executing and overseeing proactive complex projects to improve business awareness and compliance in these areas.
Qualifications:
Higher level specialist qualification relevant to Food Safety duties. Including, Diploma/Degree in Environmental Health, or equivalent food /environmental related diploma or degree course.Qualification to act as an Environmental Health Officer (EHORB Registration).
Maintenance and proof of professional requirements regarding Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Knowledge:
Strong working knowledge of Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.In depth practical and theoretical knowledge and skills sufficient to effectively carry out technically specialist and complex difficult duties within the Food & Workplace Safety team.
Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.Experience of undertaking complex investigations and enforcement work.
Experience of technical supervision of staff, students or contractors.
Previous recent experience in working in Local Government.
Skills & Abilities:
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Adobe Pro).Ability to train and equip other Regulatory Services Officers in specialist areas of work.
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.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, 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.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Bristol 5255993
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