Principle Environmental Health Officer - Food

Principle Environmental Health Officer Food Safety East London

Your new company

This East London based public sector organisation is currently looking to recruit a Principal Environmental Health Officer for food within the Environmental Health and Trading Standards division.

Your new role
As a Principal Environmental Health Officer you will be responsible for using skills and techniques to carry out a programme of proactive and reactive functions which will contribute to raising the standards of food safety within the borough.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure statutory responsibilities are properly and effectively discharged, on issues of Environmental Health specifically food safety
• Undertake programmed and complaint audits, inspections, surveys and investigations under all the relevant Food Safety Legislation, including visiting sites alone taking necessary action, such visits will involve attending locations and encountering situations which may involve personal risk
• Initiate and carry out enforcement and legal process functions in residential and all types of commercial premises (from multinational to small businesses), including the prosecution, seizure or detention of goods, issuing of notices, application for and execution of warrants necessitating the forced entry to premises
• Provide specialist technical advice and guidance to all service users including residents, consumers, traders and businesses on Food Safety matters.
• To ensure that all duties and responsibilities are performed in accordance with all Council's Policies and Procedures including Financial Regulations, Standing Orders, Personnel Policies and Procedures, Health & Safety Policy etc.

What you'll need to succeed
To be the successful candidate you will have a Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health and have experience as an Environmental Health Officer within food, able to show clear understanding of all of the above areas. In addition to this you will need be be an experienced Food Safety Officer with comprehensive food safety knowledge with a Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspection registered with EHRB or equivalent. Ability and confidence to prepare, write and present reports to Councillors Self-motivated and able to work to tight deadlines.

What you'll get in return
Long-term contract
Competitive Hourly Rate
Commutable Location

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