Environmental Protection Officer

Environmental Protection Officer

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Life Centre South
College AvenueWigan

WN1 1NJ

 Salary: Grade 8, £32,020 - £36,298 per annum

37 hours per week

Your role:

We are looking for someone who wants to join our Environmental Protection team.  We are a high performing team and need an experienced and enthusiastic Environmental Protection Officer.  Ideally you will have experience of the following:

•  planning consultations, especially for air quality and noise.
•  background/experience in environmental permitting and acoustics.

Your will be part of the Environmental Protection Team who are responsible for:

responding to planning consultations for air quality, noise and land contamination

• air quality monitoring and reporting
• pollution prevention control by inspecting businesses and issuing/amending permits
• Liaising with Greater Manchester air quality colleagues on air quality improvement initiatives

About you:

You will be a confident and a highly motivated team player with a good eye for detail and a sound knowledge of environmental protection legislation and associated guidance.  You will have initiative and sound judgment and be used to working across a broad technical background and in a range of environmental health functions. 

You’ll have excellent people management skills allied with the proven ability to listen, explain, negotiate and influence.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough.  We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Environmental Health Service delivers a wide range of environmental health functions. We aim to ensure that local businesses comply with regulatory requirements by inspection and support. 

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

You will be supported with professional development in order to enhance your skills and experience personally and those of the team.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

 Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, applicants demonstrating our Team Wigan behaviours, is really important to us, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

For further information, please contact Steve Tesson-Fell on 07879 672876 or email s.tessonfell@wigan.gov.uk

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Interview date: Monday 12^th June 2023