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

Description

Environmental Health Officer
Permanent post, 37 hours per week
We are pleased to offer an opportunity for an Environmental Health Officer to join the busy

Environmental Protection Team:

an opportunity to embrace the challenge of delivering a key front line Environmental 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 Statutory nuisance investigation and enforcement, experience in Development Control & Licensing consultations; be able to use tact and diplomacy when dealing with people, be flexible, and be confident in the relevant areas of regulatory enforcement.

The main focus of the team is to deliver statutory Environmental Protection interventions across a wide variety of commercial, industrial and domestic settings.

Assisting the wider Community Protection team with anti-social behaviour investigations and enforcement
Responding to Construction & demolition complaints and enquiries including Control of Pollution Act work
Delivering Environmental Protection projects such as multi-agency waste enforcement operations and local air quality projects
Event & festival noise monitoring

There will also be opportunity to assist with other areas of Environmental Health work such as Local Air Quality.

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

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 commercial & industrial premises, domestic properties, and other locations across the City as and when needed; including into evenings or on weekends as service demands dictate.

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.