Animal Health & Welfare Officer

Job Description

This job is restricted to Angus Council employees working within Vibrant Communities & Sustainable Growth.

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 5 - Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Environmental Health Service as a part time Animal Health and Welfare Officer. This is a varied role which will include carrying out licensing visits for new applications and renewals of riding establishments, dog boarding facilities and pet shops. Inspection of farm premises and close partnership working with the Animal Health and Plant Agency, the Rural Payments and Inspection Division of Scottish Government and the SSPCA.

This job is temporary until no later than 31 August 2026.

Internal applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager.

Please note interviews will be held Thursday, 29 August 2024.

Requirements

You must have the ability to obtain a satisfactory Basic Disclosure Certificate.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.