REGULATORY SERVICES TECHNICAL OFFICER - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Salary: Band 6, £28,239 - £32,061 p.a. (+ 17% shift enhancement for out of hours shift pattern)
37 hours per week

WHAT IS THE ROLE?

The Regulatory Services Team is responsible for delivering a wide variety of statutory functions including: pest control services, the assessment of air quality, port health, border controls and sampling, health and safety, food hygiene and standards, statutory nuisance, environmental health to name a few.
This is a ‘technical officer’ role where you will assist with the delivery of functions within the Environmental Protection Team in the Regulatory Services Department. This will include processing and responding to service enquiries and delivering routine administrative duties, as well as carrying out regulatory responsibilities, primarily with regard to statutory nuisance, community funerals and animal welfare (although not restricted to these).
You will participate in a wide range of Regulatory Services duties including out of office interventions, service needs across the entire range of service functions, as well as contributions to the development and implementation of new working practices and drafting new operational practices. Day to day duties of the role include investigating and monitoring complaints and instigating enforcement actions in respect to pollution and nuisance. You will undertake investigations in relation to Animal Welfare and assist with the delivery of Community Funerals. In addition, you will responding to enquiries and complaints and installing and collecting monitoring equipment as part of an investigation and/or a statutory function.
An essential part of the role involves working on the Night Noise Service (NNS) which attracts a 17% shift enhancement for working out of hours. The Service runs from Sunday 16:00hrs-23:30hrs, Monday-Thursday, 16:00hrs-00:00hrs, not including public holidays.