Job Description

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £40,506 – £43,152 (PO5)

Location: Town Hall Extension, Argyle Street, London. WC1H 8NP

Team: Culture and Environment Directorate / Regeneration and Planning

As the Principal Environmental Health Officer in the Food Safety Team you will take the lead on a full range of Food and Health and Safety enforcement case work, and will include an understanding of the Food Safety Act 1990, Food Law Code of Practice (England) and the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. You will need to ensure you are up to date with all new relevant legislation and advice relative to the work area and act as the lead for projects with responsibility for investigation, enforcement and management of complex casework, including policies, research, programmed inspections and service requests. You will also prepare specifications, reports, notices, and schedules in line with prosecutions for failure to comply with statutory instruments where appropriate. One of the key aspects of the role is to provide a high level of customer service and investigate formal complaints from service users, stakeholders and senior officers within agreed timescales.

As part of your role you will contribute and lead on performance measurement and reporting of national and corporate agenda/objectives concerning public health, the environment, and consumer protection. This will involve the preparation of performance reports to ensure external and internal targets are met and delivered to a high standard, with agreed timeframes. As the Principal Environmental Health Officer you will be responsible for working with policies and procedures within the council to address the nature of work in terms of type and size of premises against the risks this poses to the residents, workers and visitors to the Camden area.

Key Requirements

Qualifications/Knowledge:

• BSc/Msc degree or the equivalent in Environmental Health
• EHORB registered as an Environmental Health Officer is essential
• Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation and legal procedures and have the ability to prepare reports and specifications in relation to this
• Knowledge of enforcement action for failure to comply with requirements of legislation and statutory notices

Skills/Behaviours:

• Excellent observational and investigation skills
• Strong communication skills both verbally and in writing at all levels with internal and external organisations
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and reports
• Proven ability in preparing detailed specifications of works, notices, plans, reports and formal enforcement action is essential
• Good organisational and prioritising skills as to produce high quality work within a given timescale and agreed targets
• Ability to take responsibility for self development and contribute to the development of other staff by identifying appropriate development opportunities

Experience:

• Experience in working at a senior level on complex food cases with proven experience to serve prohibition notices, closing premises and leading on complex food prosecution cases
• Experience in taking enforcement action for failure to comply with requirements of appropriate legislation and statutory notices.
• Proven project management experience with successful outcomes
• Experience of writing and interpreting complex and technical documentation for a variety of audiences

Additional Information

How to apply:

To apply for this job please follow the “Apply for this job” link. As part of the application form you will be asked to explain how you meet the key requirements for this role listed in the advert. When explaining how you meet each of the requirements, please give examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience. When writing your examples give a brief description of the situation or task but focus on the actions you took and the result of your actions.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 25th March 2012 at 23:59pm

Interviews to be held: TBC

Please quote reference: LBC1816

For further information about this role, please refer to the Job Profile.