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Environmental Health Officer (Commercial) / (Private Sector Housing Regulations) (2 posts)

Employer
North East Derbyshire
Location
Derbyshire
Salary
£23,111 - £30,756
Closing date
17 Feb 2019

New Year? New Start? New You?

Kick start the New Year with a New Job Opportunity. 

Are you an enthusiastic Environmental Health Officer with a “can do” approach to work and a focus on customer satisfaction and outcomes?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful Joint Environmental Health Team which delivers services across the rural districts of both Bolsover District Council and North East Derbyshire District Council. The districts are an ideal place to live, work and visit and are situated between the Peak District National Park and Sherwood Forest and have excellent access to the M1 motorway network with ease of access to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham

Environmental Health Officer (Commercial)

  • Salary/Grade: £23,111 to £30,756 per annum/Career Graded
  • Fixed Term/Perm/Temp/Casual: Permanent
  • Hours: 37 hours per week
  • Location: Council Offices, Mill Lane, Wingerworth, S42 6NG
  • Closing Date: 17th February 2019
  • Interview Date: To be confirmed

Job Details and Requirements

The post holder will be involved with the full range of food safety interventions, food and water sampling, health and safety enforcement and accident investigation, animal licensing, infectious disease investigations and the provision of business support and advice.

Environmental Health Officer (Private Sector Housing Regulations)

  • Salary/Grade: £23,111 to £30,756 per annum/Career Graded
  • Fixed Term/Perm/Temp/Casual: Fixed Term up to 30th April 2019

(possibility of extending for additional 4 months, dependant on funding)

  • Hours: 37 hours per week
  • Location: Council Offices, Mill Lane, Wingerworth, S42 6NG
  • Closing Date: 17th February 2019
  • Interview Date: To be confirmed

The post holder (funded by Community Migration Fund) will be part of Bolsover District Council’s Building Resilience Programme and will be involved in bringing about improvements in living conditions in privately rented properties including HMOs across the Shirebrook Forward NG20 area, by tackling absent or ‘rogue landlords’ and letting agents responsible for poorly managed properties. 

For both posts you must have current working knowledge of relevant legislation and codes of practice and have effective negotiating, influencing, diplomacy and advocacy skills. You will be able to organise and prioritise your own workload to ensure targets are met

It is also necessary to have excellent communication and IT skills in order to deal with a wide range of customers, partners and agencies and be able to deal with conflict, challenging and difficult situations working effectively to find solutions. It is necessary that the successful candidates possess a full driving licence and use of a car in order to undertake site investigations across the district.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits that include generous holidays (from 29 days a year (up to 34 days after 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays), local government pension scheme, subsidised leisure membership and flexible working in many roles. We offer well-defined opportunities through our learning and development programme. We also have an employee wellbeing programme and an employee assistance programme.

For an informal discussion please contact either Helen Rawson, Senior Environmental Health Officer (Commercial) on 01246 217849 or Gill Halliwell, Senior Environmental Health Officer (Private Sector Housing) on 01246 217245.

 If you are interested in these posts please go to the Jobs pages on the BDC or NEDDC websites.

Our preferred method of application is online and CV’s will not be accepted. Alternatively, if you do not have access to the internet, you can:

Please return completed application form to HR & OD Shared Service, District Council Offices, 2013 Mill Lane, Wingerworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 6NG by the advertised closing date.

We are striving for diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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