Operations Manager - Environmental Health

Rate: Up to £500 per day (Inside IR35, umbrella)

Duration: 3-6 months initially 

Start Date: ASAP

Working Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days onsite

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, deploy and support a team of Environmental Health Officers to protect public health and the environment

• Provide operational and strategic leadership across Environmental Health functions, including Food Safety, Health & Safety, Environmental Protection and Enforcement

• Act as a senior enforcement lead, authorising complex investigations, notices, prosecutions and, where required, closure of food businesses presenting imminent risk to health

• Ensure consistent, legally compliant inspections and enforcement activity in line with legislation, codes of practice and council policy

• Prepare and present reports to senior officers, elected members, committees and external partners

• Oversee performance management, quality assurance, audits and service improvement activity

• Manage staff performance, development, appraisals and wellbeing, promoting a positive and high-performing team culture

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including partner agencies, government bodies and community representatives

• Support budget management, procurement compliance and delivery of service priorities

• Provide cover for senior management as required and contribute to wider Regulatory Services objectives

Key Requirements:

• Specific waste enforcement experience

• Significant experience at middle or senior management level within Environmental Health

• Strong operational knowledge of Environmental Health legislation, including Food Safety, Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and Environmental Protection Act 1990

• Experience authorising enforcement action, including prosecutions and closure of food businesses

• Proven ability to manage, motivate and develop teams within a regulatory or enforcement environment

• Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health (or equivalent)

• Strong communication skills with experience producing and presenting reports to senior stakeholders

• Experience managing competing priorities in a politically sensitive environment

• Full UK driving licence

• Ability to work flexibly, including outside normal office hours when requirement

If you have the relvant experience, please apply today!