Environmental Health Food Officer

Role-

Supporting the councils P1 critical services, ensuring that the Council discharges their statutory obligations with respect to:

• Protecting the health of consumers through the enforcement of food standards (FS) in accordance with the NEW Food Standards Delivery Model (FSDM) including the labelling and presentation of food in commercial premises and food hygiene (FH) in high risk (A and B Category), Approved premises and low risk premises.
• Notifiable infectious diseases, and other emerging diseases which have a detrimental impact on the health of residents.
• Protecting the health, safety and welfare of employees and others through the enforcement of health and safety standards in commercial premises and work activities.
• Delivering, as directed, a range of services in accordance with legislation, codes of practice, corporate policies, local systems, policies and guidance and good professional practice. This will include but is not limited to: inspections of high risk A and B category premises, approved premises, projects, audits/surveys, alternative enforcement activities, publicity, attending committee and other meetings, processing applications, visits, investigating complaints and service requests, sampling, monitoring, gathering evidence, making test purchases, carrying out PACE interviews, taking statements, preparing reports and briefing notes for committee and managers and determining appropriate action.
• Properly handling evidence, records and data to ensure that confidentiality, continuity, evidence integrity, data quality, data protection and requirements for team intel are observed. 4. Preparing legal cases and evidence for Court, Tribunal or other Statutory Hearing.
• Appearing and giving evidence as a witness at Court, Tribunal or other Statutory Hearing.
• Conducting investigations and other enforcement work in accordance with statutory legal process requires and Code of Practice e.g. Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).
• Undertaking consistent, proportionate, targeted, accountable and transparent enforcement action, in accordance with best practice advice and guidance and enforcement policies, to resolve any identified non-compliances. This may include closures, seizing goods, preparing and serving statutory and fixed penalty or other penalty, information or prohibition/improvement notices, warrants, simple cautions, prosecution and other legal documents.

Duties:

• Providing high quality, sound, timely and accurate professional/technical advice, guidance and information about any work matter, to customers, colleagues, members of the public, Elected
• Members (Councillors), Senior Managers, solicitors, architects, surveyors and other professionals in a clear format that is understandable and appropriate.
• This role can be full or part time but preferable full time. If necessary the successful candidate can carry out inspections only. However the preference is for the temp to carry out both inspections and complaints.

Essential qualifications-

BSc Environmental Health or similar, EHRB Registered

Other regulatory or vocational qualifications e.g. Lead Assessor