Environmental Health Officer/Technical Officer

About the job

Salary: £33,143 - £46,142 a year plus £963 essential car user allowance and £2600 market supplement
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent

Market Supplement: £2600 (for M1 and M2 Grade only)

Luton Council is expanding our environmental health team and is seeking two motivated and skilled Environmental Health Officers / Technical Officers to join our dynamic food and health and safety team as part of a structured progression scheme. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with significant experience or for someone looking to develop their career within environmental health while contributing to the safety and wellbeing of our community.

You will play a key role in delivering both reactive and planned workloads across food hygiene, food standards, and health & safety functions. Working with a wide range of stakeholders, you will help ensure compliance with legislation while supporting local businesses and communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a programme of inspections, investigations, and interventions relating to food hygiene, food standards, and/or health & safety.
• Provide professional advice and support to businesses, service users, and internal stakeholders in line with your competencies.
• Secure and improve compliance with relevant legislation through education, enforcement, and partnership working.
• Undertake detailed technical investigations, assess risks, and interpret legislation and statutory codes.
• Produce clear, concise inspection reports and documentation, and deliver presentations where required.
• Effectively manage and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines and performance targets.

Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.

About you

You will be a confident and capable professional with:

• Demonstrable experience of improving compliance with food safety and/or health & safety legislation.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to advise and influence a range of audiences clearly and authoritatively.
• The ability to carry out thorough investigations and apply technical knowledge in practical situations.
• Experience producing accurate reports and presenting complex information effectively.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• An understanding of equality and diversity issues and their impact within communities and workplaces.
• Up-to-date knowledge of environmental health legislation, current issues, and compliance strategies.

Essential Qualifications
Applicants must hold a suitable qualification listed in the Food Law Code of Practice, such as EHRB Certificate of Registration to practice as an Environmental Health Officer or Higher Certificate in Food Control (or awaiting professional assessment pass).

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel throughout the Borough daily to carry out inspections and investigations.
• Willingness to adopt agile working arrangements.
• Ability to transport equipment for site visits.
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends (approximately up to 12 times per year).

Why Join Us?
This progression scheme offers a supportive pathway for career development within environmental health, providing opportunities to build your competencies and advance professionally while making a meaningful impact in Luton.

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If you are passionate about protecting public health and supporting local businesses, we would love to hear from you.

About us

Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough

Application Process

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.

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