Environmental Protection Lead Officer

Chelmsford City Council is seeking a full-time Lead Officer for our Environmental Protection team. We are looking for a professionally qualified and skilled officer who is competent and confident in the areas of environmental protection and pollution control.

The successful applicant will be managing our dedicated team in their increasingly busy and demanding day to day duties as well as managing a practical personal caseload and assist in the management and development of the service. The Environmental Protection Lead officer will deal with more complex environmental protection issues, give technical support to other team members and advise service managers, Members and partners on key issues. The successful applicant will be a self-motivated and enthusiastic team player, possessing excellent communication, organisational and analytical skills.

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Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.