Environmental Health Officer (Nuisance)
We are currently working with a Public Sector organisation who are recruiting for an Environment Health Officer to support the delivery of the transformation programme in line with the Council’s vision, values and strategic objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and contribute to a range of projects and build relations with both internal and external partners in order achieve specified outcomes
- Support and direct/supervise Technical, Specialist, Operational and Support officers on operational matters in order to protect the environment, the health, safety and wellbeing of local residents and promote economic prosperity
- The provision of technical advice for the Statutory Nuisance and anti-social behaviour functions
- To respond to nuisance and anti-social behaviour enquiries from the public, members and partner organisations as required
- Investigate and resolve a variety of environmental health nuisance and anti-social behaviour complaints and service requests
- Keep up to date with relevant legislation and appropriate practices and attend seminars, meetings and training courses as required
- Install and use noise-monitoring equipment to help assess industrial and commercial noise complaints
- Serve abatement notices, Community Protection Warnings or notices and appear in Court as necessary to defend any appeals against those notices
Key Requirements
- Local Government experience is essential
- Educated to diploma/degree level or equivalent in Environmental Health or other professional qualifications
- Thorough awareness and understanding of current legislation, contemporary issues and best practice in relation to Anti-Social Behaviour and Statutory Nuisance
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 month contract initially with likely extensions
Rate: Hourly rate negotiable depending on experience (Inside IR35)
Remote working with on-site visits in the West Midlands area
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