Senior Regulatory Services Officer

We are recruiting a full-time Environmental Health Officer within the proactive Public Protection Team. You will be an integral part of a team responsible for food safety and hygiene, health and safety, food standards and infectious disease control. If you want to be a part of our values driven service and are passionate about being part of a team that can make a real difference for the community, we’re interested in hearing from you. 

Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

The Public Protection team is responsible for protecting public health by assessing levels of compliance with all aspects of food safety and health and safety law. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for ensuring the Council implements and meets its statutory duties. You will liaise closely with colleagues, other internal departments as well as outside agencies such as the FSA, HSE and UKHSA.

Specific duties include undertaking food safety and standards inspections, approval of food businesses, food sampling, investigating complaints, dealing with health and safety issues and investigating cases of infectious disease. You will be responsible for your own case load being both proactive and reactive to a range of demands in a very fast paced environment. This will involve assessing intelligence, undertaking investigations, providing advice, and preparing notices and reports for enforcement.

This is a hybrid post working from one of our Council offices within the borough, as well as the opportunity to work from home. In addition to offering a good work life balance and flexible mobile working, we will help you develop and progress your career through training and development opportunities.

About You

You are a positive, dynamic and results-focused individuals with a firm belief in protecting and improving the health and quality of life for residents and visitors to the borough. You will have: 

A Diploma or Degree level in Environmental Health and/or Trading Standards.

Previous experience of working in food safety and/or food standards, either within the public sector or a commercial setting.

Awareness of the importance of multi-disciplinary working and an integrated team approach.

The ability to cope with change and to promote positive changes to deliver successful and sustained outcomes.

A full driving licence.

About Us

Cheshire West and Chester is a modern and flexible borough council which strives to provide high quality services for its customers and communities. Our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money, and Empowerment lie at the heart of the authority, promoting a place where everyone can thrive. As the fourth largest unitary authority in the North West, we have real strengths, great ambition, and many opportunities ahead.

We offer:

A competitive salary

A generous holiday allowance starting at days pro rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service to days and the ability to purchase additional leave.

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Training and development.

A supportive team and culture.

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No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £ per hour for all contracted hours.