Specialist Officer - Environmental Protection

Role details

Environmental protection duties

• Support statutory and commissioned Environmental Health services through inspections, investigations, sampling, enforcement, and resolving environmental and public health issues.
• Support pollution control, statutory nuisance, pest control, drainage, and related environmental protection functions.
• Conduct planned and reactive inspections, investigations, enforcement, site visits, follow-up visits, event visits, and visits across the district.
• Undertake environmental sampling and assessments for noise, water, air emissions, and land emissions or contamination.
• Review planning and licensing submissions for compliance with regulations and service standards.

Service delivery and liaison

• Prepare professional correspondence, reports, presentations, procedures, and project information; attend or support court proceedings, committees, hearings, and meetings as needed.
• Prepare statutory and non-statutory returns and maintain accurate case records, registers, and service information.
• Support education, training, awareness campaigns, preventative projects, customer service, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Use digital systems effectively, maintain professional competence, support colleagues, and liaise with businesses, the public, community representatives, Council colleagues, and other organisations.
• Work outside normal hours when needed, including out-of-hours duties and responding to civil emergencies.

Person specification

• B.Tech HNC in Environmental Health or an equivalent qualification, or equivalent experience demonstrated through relevant CPD.
• At least 2 years' experience in a directly relevant Environmental Health discipline.
• Experience working within a Local Authority Environmental Health or Environmental Protection team.
• The provided description ends during the next requirement, after stating that relevant knowledge and practical experience are needed.
• A Basic DBS check is required.

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