Job summary

• Job title: Regulatory Services Officer - Environmental Health and Protection
• Organisation: Unitary Authority
• Contract type: Permanent
• Employment type: Full-time
• Working hours: 37
• Salary: £43,421 - £49,498 (depending on experience)
• Working Environment: Hybrid, average 2 days per week in office / site visits
• Location: South-eastern Essex, England
• Annual leave: 25 days up to 32 days - based on length of service
• Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme - one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK
• Additional benefits include: wellbeing support, learning and development, and a range of salary sacrifice schemes.

Overview

• A unitary authority nestled deep in South-eastern Essex is looking to recruit a Regulatory Services Officer to carry out a range of complex environmental health duties including taking lead responsibility for statutory functions involving projects, inspection programmes, major or complex investigations, supervising other staff members, regional coordination work and SCC corporate projects (business partnerships etc).
• The role will cover all aspects of environmental health but noise management will form a large part of the role.

Duties and responsibilities

• To undertake a range of complex Regulatory Services
• To take a lead responsibility for undertaking statutory functions involving projects, inspection programmes / major or complex investigations.
• To carry out follow-up visits and enquiries within relevant premises as required.
• To supervise and / or assist colleagues both within the team and across the organisation, including the allocation and management of cases.
• To undertake a range of complex 'out of hours' inspection and enforcement duties including evenings (running into the early hours of the morning) and weekends in accordance with contracted hours and as required.
• To carry out formal actions in relation to offences, breaches of conditions and other specific requirements, to include issuing enforcement notices, Fixed Penalty Notices, issuing verbal and written warnings, and institution of legal proceedings.
• To respond to and investigate complex Regulatory Services complaints and enquiries from the public and businesses.
• To contribute to developing and maintaining effective relationships with partners and other external bodies.
• To support in the development of a policy framework and enforcement protocols for key activities within Regulatory Services under the direction of the Regulatory Services Manager and to deliver services within the framework.
• To act as a source of advice and guidance in relation to Regulatory Services and related matters, including advice and guidance to the public, businesses and other members of staff.
• To maintain a good working knowledge of relevant legislation.

Skills and experience required

• An environmental health, public health, environmental science degree approved by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), or completion of an environmental health practitioner degree apprenticeship scheme.
• Experience working in an environmental health/ regulatory services project management environment.
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory services legislation, relevant investigation procedures and knowledge of national, regional and local policies regarding regulatory service issues.
• Experience working on investigations.
• Experience of applying national / regional / local policies to regulatory service work.
• Experience of using a relevant database for recording and managing work.

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