Environmental Health Manager

ABC Food Law Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council organization in Oadby is seeking an Environmental Health Manager to lead their team. The successful candidate will manage environmental health and licensing services, driving effective processes and policy development. The role requires significant management experience and a comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation. We offer a competitive salary and supportive working arrangements, including flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous local government pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Great holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Significant experience in managing environmental health and licensing services.
• Robust knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Experience in implementing legislative changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Environmental Health team.
• Deliver day-to-day environmental health and licensing services.
• Drive implementation of changes to business processes and development of new policies.

Skills

Management experience in environmental health

Knowledge of relevant legislation

Experience in implementing legislative changes

Job description

We are looking for a talented individual to lead our Environmental Health team.

We are based in the beautiful Brocks Hill country park in Oadby and this part of Leicestershire is a great place to live, work and visit. Our council is a great organisation to work for, we offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits including great holiday, flexi-time and the generous local government pension scheme. You can find more information about our benefits here https://www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/pages/employee_benefits

Agile working allows employees to work flexibly to balance their home and work needs. Employees are expected to work in the office for a minimum of 2 days per week. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements where possible and encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process.

The Environmental Health Team are responsible for food safety and inspections, health and safety, statutory nuisance, including noise nuisance, abandoned vehicles, air quality, and the licensing of hairdressers and barbers, amongst other things.

The Environmental Health Manager will lead and manage the team delivering day-to-day environmental health and licensing services driving the implementation of changes to business processes and development of new policies and procedures.

If you have significant experience of managing environmental health and licensing services, robust knowledge of relevant legislation and experience of implementing legislative changes we would love to hear from you. You can find out more by viewing the job description and person specification.

This role is a politically sensitive role.

At Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, we are proud of our diversity and recognise the value this brings. We are fair and inclusive and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.

We guarantee an interview with anyone who either has a disability or is a reservist/veteran and meets the criteria for this role if you apply under our guaranteed interview scheme.

Please contact Colleen Warren (Chief Finance Officer) at [e-mail] for an informal discussion about the role.

There may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.