Engineering

Enviromental Health Officer

Environmental Health Officer
London (Home-based + Field work covering Lambeth borough)
£40ph

This will be an initial 3 month contract starting immediately with potential contract extensions thereafter. The opportunity will be as part of the following sections:-

* Private Sector Housing Team
* The Food, Health and Safety Team


Key background:
- A degree in Environmental Health
- Working experience in Food Safety
- Fully qualified EHORB

Team Key accountabilities:

a) Undertake the investigation of service requests and identify contravention of legislation and corrective action to be taken.

b) Identify licensable premises and take all necessary steps to licence the premises within target times, ensure compliance of licencing conditions, and taking the relevant enforcement action.

c) Carry out the enforcement of legislation. This will include the presentation of evidence at legal and other quasi judicial hearings. Initiate legal action where appropriate advising technical considerations.

d) Prepare and deal with correspondence, licences, briefs and other documents.

e) Originate reports in the appropriate format including the preparation and evaluation of statistics.

f) Scrutinise, process and comment on applications, plans reports schemes or other submissions for environmental guidance or clearance as directed.

g) Undertake the sampling, testing or seizure of products, materials, gases or substances and recording of noise.

h) Liaise with officers within Regulatory Services Requirements: Environmental Health degree or MSc course, accredited by the CIEH in Environmental Health Professional qualifications/memberships (EHO-PEHO) Fully qualified EHORB and eligible for Membership of the CIEH or Professional experience as a Technical Officer

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