Environmental Health Officer/ Senior (Food & Safety)

Environmental Health Officer/ Senior (Food & Safety)

RG5 - RG7 (SCP 22-36) £26,317 - £38,813 pa, plus £3,212 market supplement

Maternity cover, one year

Ref: DEN0155

About us

Reading Borough Council is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Environmental Health Officer/Senior within the Food and Safety Section for a one year maternity cover post beginning in January 2020.

About the role

This role is to enforce food safety, food standards and health and safety legislation as well as work with our Primary Authority Partnerships.

You will also contribute to our many initiatives including teaching the RSPH (level 2) award in Food Safety in Catering. 

About you

• You must possess a degree/diploma from an Environmental Health course accredited by the CIEH as well as the CIEH Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) certificate or be on the path to obtaining an EHRB certificate shortly.
• Recent experience of enforcing relevant legislation for a local authority. 

We welcome applications from newly qualified EHOs who can embark on our structured career progression pathway. If you are not yet registered with EHRB you can join us as a Technical Officer which carries a salary of £24,799 - £33,799.

Our offer

These posts are open to job shares, part-timers or people returning to work after a break. Our flexible working scheme allows you to work from home, carrying out your inspections at a time convenient to you.

Some of our benefits include:

• Payment of professional fees.
• Participation in the out of hours rota for which additional payments will be made.
• Flexible working.
• Structured training and development programme.
• A pleasant and friendly working environment.

If you have any questions about this post please contact Aoife Gallagher, Principal Environmental Health Officer on 0118 937 2502.

Visit http://www.reading.gov.uk/jobsearch for more details on how to apply online. Alternatively, call the Recruitment Team on 0118 937 2757 quoting the job reference number and the job title of the post you are interested in.

Please do not send a CV: for the purposes of equal opportunities, we can only accept Reading Borough Council application forms.

Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. Please be aware that for the purposes of equal opportunities, we can only accept Reading Borough Council application forms.

Internal Reading Borough Council employees must login via Employee Self Service to apply. If you have not yet been issued with your Employee Self Service account, or you have any queries, please email EmployeeSelfService@reading.gov.uk with details.

Closing date: Monday 4 November 2019.