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Environmental Health Officer - Newport, United Kingdom - Newport City Council

Newport City Council

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Newport, United Kingdom

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Post No. POSN Environmental Health Officer - Food, Safety and Public Health Team

We are pleased to offer an opportunity for an Environmental Health Officer to join the Food, Safety and

Public Health Team:

an opportunity to embrace the challenge of delivering a key front line public health service in an expanding city with a diverse range of businesses.

You'll hold a relevant degree or diploma in Environmental Health, have experience of Health and Safety regulation; Infectious Disease Control; an understanding of the regulations around sports ground safety; and the International Health Regulations.

The post requires you to demonstrate effective communication and negotiation skills; be able to use tact and diplomacy when dealing with people, be flexible, and be confident in the relevant areas of regulatory enforcement.

You will be capable of organising and prioritising your own work to meet challenging deadlines and you will operate in a self-sufficient manner.

In Newport, no two days are the same and you can expect to gain broad and varied experiences while working here.

The main focus of the team is to deliver statutory public health interventions across a wide variety of commercial and domestic settings

This will include:

Undertaking programmed Health and Safety Interventions,
Delivering H&S projects, such as Gas Safety in Catering,
Inspecting and registering/licensing tattoo and skin piercing establishments,
Responding to Accident Notifications,
Undertaking communicable disease work such as infectious disease control or food poisoning investigations,
Event Safety work,
Issuing Ship Sanitation Certificates to the many vessels that enter Newport Docks each year.

There will also be opportunity to assist with other areas of Environmental Health work such as Food Safety, Integrated Pollution Control and Air Quality.

This post offers real personal and professional development to the successful applicant.

Role Location:

Officers in the team can work from the Civic Centre at the heart of Newport, can operate in a hybrid agile manner including working from home but with a clear expectation and need to visit businesses, domestic properties, vessels and other locations across the City as and when needed; including into evenings or on weekends as service demands dictate.

Employment Benefits:

Generous Annual Leave entitlement, Local Government Pension Scheme, Flexible and Agile working policies, Personal development opportunities; Active Travel routes into the city and Bike-to-Work scheme, VECTIS Employee benefits card.

Face to Face Interviews will occur w/c 9th October 2023.

For an informal conversation and detail about the role, please contact Rhys Thomas, Food, Safety & Public Health Manager

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