Environmental Health Practitioner

Job title:

Environmental Health Practitioner

Company

Vox Network Consultants

Job description

Environmental Health Practitioner
South West England
My client is recruiting for a Environmental Health Practitioner based within the local Authority in south West England and the surrounding area.
Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, organisational policy, and professional codes of conduct to uphold standards of best practise.
• To inspect, audit, monitor, raise awareness and enforce Environmental Health & Licensing legislation in all premises as necessary, with a focus to undertake programmed inspections and investigations
• The post holder is required to comply with government legislation and/or regulatory duties and to be aware of and stay up to date with any emerging or changing legislation.
• The post holder has delegated authority to undertake enforcement activities in line with the Council’s enforcement policy, including recommendation for prosecution.
• To assist in the organisation and carrying out of programmed monitoring and sampling as and when required and dealing with any failure or risk identified as a result.
• To provide environmental health and licensing service expertise and advice to members of the public, businesses, and to other colleagues within the Council, and to support Directors and Service Managers with operational planning across the Council’s services

Requirements

• BSc (Hons) Environmental Health or MSc Environmental Health or equivalent, or qualified by strong, relevant professional experience.
• Driving License and vehicle or ability to travel easily across the Council
• Up to date comprehensive knowledge of legal, technical, and professional matters in relation to Environmental Health (Environmental Protection) areas of responsibility, legislation, and codes of practice.
• Able to demonstrate understanding, and knowledge of policy and activities across Environmental Health functions.

Contract

• Initial 3 to 6 month ongoing contract with the opportunity to extend
• PAYE via Umbrella
• Monday to Friday
• 9am to 5pm

As the role is Local Authority based candidates will be asked to complete an onboarding & compliance checks including DBS & Online training modules prior to starting.for immediate consideration please apply

Expected salary

£45 per hour

Location

Somerset

Job date

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 07:59:34 GMT

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