Environmental Protection Team Leader

Environmental Protection Team Leader

£43,910 – £48,145 pa

Full time, 37 hours per week • Permanent

We are looking for a qualified Environmental Health Officer or similarly qualified professional to influence the future of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s Environmental Protection Team.

You will lead the team dealing with statutory nuisances, contaminated land, local authority environmental permitting, scrap metal licensing, air quality as well as coordinate responses to our Planning and Licensing colleagues on planning and licensing applications respectively. You will also be the council’s expert on matters relating to environmental protection and provide technical advice across the council, when needed.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is rich in areas of natural beauty and green space. The River Thames flows through the borough for 25 miles, forming a significant landscape feature and wildlife corridor. Distinct towns and villages, each with their own identity and character but all related by an attractive countryside, create a high-quality environment in which to live, work and visit. We host major tourist and visitor destinations, including historic Windsor Castle, Legoland Windsor and Windsor and Ascot Racecourses.

There are excellent transport connections, including the recently opened Elizabeth Line, to London (30 minutes by train) from Maidenhead with the Town Hall a ten-minute walk from the train station.

This role is customer-facing, we will discuss the right combination of home and office-based working for you and the service. You may occasionally need to work within the borough on some evenings or weekends to meet the needs of the service.

If you are ready for your next challenge and want to work where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you.

For further information about role please visit our website by clicking the apply button.

If you would like an informal chat about this post, please email Obi Oranu (Environmental Health Service Manager) obi.oranu@rbwm.gov.uk and he will call you for a chat.

Closing date: 24 July 2022

Interviews: w/c 1 August 2022