Environmental Health Officer/Regulatory Services Officer

Service: Regulatory Services - Environmental Health

Closing Date: Monday 25th November 2024

Following a recent Service review and internal promotions, we have an excellent opportunity for an Environmental Health Officer or Regulatory Services Officer to join our team, working in a beautiful part of Scotland with a diverse and interesting workload. Operating from the Lochgilphead office, you will undertake the full range of environmental health enforcement, including public health and food safety. There will be a requirement to manage your own district workload (which may include travel and work on our islands, including Islay, Jura and Gigha), whilst protecting our residents and visitors' public health and supporting businesses. We will provide you with varied workload in all areas of environmental health, flexible working and hybrid home/office arrangements, a relocation package (where appropriate) and a salary of £40,914 to £44,272. We also pay annual membership to the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) and encourage Chartered membership of REHIS through continued professional development . For further information on living and working in Argyll and Bute, please access the website abplace2b.scot, and for further information on the work of any EHO, please see this Environmental Health Officer Information Video

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/. You will service which has a strong culture of “growing our own” and successful supporting staff to attain additional qualifications and promotion within the Council.

Recognising the national shortage of Environmental Health Officers, the post may be filled as a Regulatory Services Officer (Salary £35786 - £39819). We would be interested to receive applications from graduates who are authorised food safety enforcement, officers holding the Higher Certificate in Food Hygiene/Food Control, the Higher Certificate in Food Practice, or those who are working as an environmental health enforcement officer in a local authority. If appointed at the RSO level in additional to undertaking the work of this role, you will be supported to complete a development program to attain the post graduate REHIS Diploma in Environmental Health and to progress to an Environmental Health Officer. You will service which has a strong culture of “growing our own” and successful supporting staff to attain additional qualifications and promotion within the Council.

Applicants should note that:-

• This post is not suitable for job share.

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 managers, who are:

• Jacqui Middleton, Environmental Health Manager (East)
• Telephone: 01546 604361
• Email: Jaqui.Middleton@argyll-bute.gov.uk
• Reference: ARB15206/000562

or

• Alan Morrison, Senior Manager Regulatory Services and Building Standards
• Telephone: 01546 604292
• Email: alan.morrison@argyll-bute.gov.uk
• Reference: ARB15206/000562

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.