Environmental Health Officer/Regulatory Services Officer
- Location:
- Municipal Buildings Albany Street Oban, PA34 4AW
- Salary:
- £35,786 - £44,272 per year
- Contract Type:
- Temporary
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
- Work From Home:
- Hybrid
Service: Regulatory Services
Closing Date: Wednesday 4th September 2024
To cover maternity leave, an excellent opportunity exists for an Environmental Health Officer or Food Safety Officer to join our team to the August 2025, working in a very challenging yet beautiful part of Scotland. Working from the Oban office, you will undertake the full range of environmental health enforcement, and ideally to be qualified to carry out food safety work in the approved food sector (fish/shellfish) There will be a requirement to manage your own district workload (which will include travel and work on the islands of Mull, Tiree and Coll), whilst ensuring and protecting public health. We will provide you with varied workload in all areas of environmental health, flexible and hybrid working arrangements, a relocation package (where appropriate) and a salary of £40,914 to £44,272)
Consideration will be given to applications from newly qualified Environmental Health Officers. Prospective applicants who do not hold the REHIS Diploma in Environmental Health should contact REHIS (contact@rehis.com) to confirm their eligibility to work as an EHO in Scotland, or the requirements in order to do so. Guidance can be found at https://rehis.com/what-is-environmental-health/ehos-who-qualified-outside-scotland/
Recognising the national shortage of Environmental Health Officers, the post may be filled as a Regulatory Services Officer (Salary £35786-£39819) and we welcome applications from candidates who are authorised food safety enforcement officers and hold the Higher Certificate in Food Hygiene/Food Control, or are working as an environmental health enforcement officer in local authorities.
Applicants should note that:-
- This post is not suitable for job share.
- This is a temporary post which may be filled on a secondment basis by an employee wishing to gain experience/career development and will be at the discretion of the employee’s director.
To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or job description you will require to speak with the recruiting manager, who is:
- Jacqui Middleton, Environmental Health Manager
- Telephone: 01546605519
- Email: jaqui.middleton@argyll-bute.gov.uk
- Reference: ARB14836/000562
Please note that you cannot apply for this vacancy by contacting the recruiting manager, applications must be made by clicking on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy.