Environmental Health Practitioner

The Council of the Isles of Scilly is offering a fantastic unique opportunity for a Graduate Environmental Health Practitioner to work on the Islands.

This temporary role provides administrative, technical, and operational support across a wide range of disciplines, on the Isles of Scilly.

As an integral member of the Regulatory Services team, you will support in the delivery of services in various functions of Environmental Health. This includes the maintenance of the Environmental Health IT functions and effective utilisation of specialised software, Database monitoring and webpage updates, Customer service requests, Frontline operations and further  support to the Senior Environmental Health Officer as required

This role will initially be for a 12–18-month period to cover the Technical Officer: Environmental Health role.

There is no other career like environmental health and this position covers all five disciplines: Environmental Protection, Health and Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Housing, and a whole lot more. 

A typical week for the council’s environmental health officers on the islands might include inspecting a food business and awarding their food hygiene rating, sampling and risk assessing a private water supply, investigating a serious accident at a local workplace or inspecting conditions at a house of multiple occupation or a private sector rented property to ensure it is free from damp and mould.

It might also include working to contain an outbreak of an infectious disease, responding to a complaint about noisy neighbours, monitoring local air quality and jumping on board a fishing vessel and much more.

Benefits include:

  • A generous holiday entitlement starting at 25 days pro rata per annum plus bank holidays
  • Defined benefit pension scheme
  • Eye care voucher Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Flexible Working opportunities available
  • Training and development opportunities

For more information or an informal chat please contact Michael Coates on michael.coates@Scilly.gov.uk or Human Resources on humanresources@scilly.gov.uk.

To Apply: Please complete an application form, found on the right hand side of this advert and send to humanresources@Scilly.gov.uk  

 

 

 

Department: 
Regulatory Services - Environmental Health
Contract: 
Full Time - Fixed Contract
Hours: 
37 per week
Salary: 
£24,294- £25,979 per annum
Grade: 
3
Closing Date: 
Friday, 24 May, 2024 - 11pm
Application Pack: 
Additional Information: 

Application Form
Advertisement Monitoring
Equal Opportunities Monitoring
Job Applicant Privacy Notice
Recruitment and Selection Policy
CIOS Candidate Guide

Please submit completed applications to humanresources@scilly.gov.uk or:
Human Resources
Council of the Isles of Scilly
Town Hall
St Mary's
Isles of Scilly
TR21 0NA

Please note that canvassing of Members or Officers will disqualify you from consideration.

If you require this application pack in an alternative language, in larger text, Braille, easy read or in an audio format, please email diversity@scilly.gov.uk or telephone 0300 1234 105.