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Environmental Health Practitioner

Employer
Crawley Borough Council
Location
West Sussex
Salary
£37,916 - £44,078
Closing date
28 Feb 2025
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Sector
Food Safety
Function
EH Practitioner
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Environmental Health Practitioner

We are seeking a talented, dynamic and flexible professional who will play a key role in the delivery of better regulatory services for Crawley Borough Council.

As a member of the Food Safety team you will carry out proactive and reactive food hygiene inspections and interventions, investigate food complaints and give advice on all food related issues. You will be required to investigate cases of infectious diseases and food borne disease. You will also be involved in the development and delivery of public health initiatives and training. Experience of investigating health and safety complaints and RIDDORs would be an advantage. 

The successful candidate must have recent operational experience of working within food safety and possess the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to be able to undertake investigations, interventions and enforcement in this field.

As an Environmental Health Practitioner you will be appropriately qualified with a degree or diploma in environmental health and be registered with the Environmental Health Officer’s Registration Board or equivalent. You will have recent operational experience in food safety and recent Port Health experience would be a distinct advantage.  

We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible, as we may close this advert before the stated closing date if enough applications are received.

Additional information

You will be required to cover Port Health Officer duty functions at Gatwick Airport covering weekday and weekend duties on a rota (special responsibility allowance applies). 

Ability to fulfil the criteria required to achieve an airside security pass at Gatwick Airport.

A full clean UK driving licence will be a requirement of the role.

Essential car user allowance (currently under review).

Satisfactory clearance of a Basic Disclosure and Barring Check (DBS) Check will be a condition of your employment as part of the security pass for Gatwick Airport.

Employee benefits

We offer a generous employee benefits package, with a range of discounts, benefits and wellbeing incentives to suit everyone.

Our way of working

Our shared values and behaviours reflect the special nature of our council. We encourage all colleagues to put them into practice, whatever job they do. Take a look to see if we are the perfect match.

Safer recruitment

Crawley Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.

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