Environmental Services Support Officer

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people’s lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service and communication skills to join our Council as an Environmental Services Support Officer (ESSO).

 You will be one of our ESSOs that carry out a range of administrative support duties based within the Team. 

 Your duties will include receiving and processing incoming work arriving by email, telephone, and face to face interactions, with both internal and external customers. You will also be responsible for creating and maintaining computer records using Uniform and other IT systems. Duties will also include quality control and data correction as required and you will assist in arranging meetings, preparing agendas and taking minutes.

 Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work.

 Here are some of the main benefits:

Please see our benefits brochure for further information. 

 The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert. 

 For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Alison MacMillian, [email protected]  or Linda Goodyear [email protected] 

Closing date: 17:30pm 28 September 2026

Interview date: 13 October 2026

 How to apply

 Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification Environmental Services Support Officer 

 Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template. Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification by using each section of the person specification as a heading to structure your statement. Please give examples of how you meet the criteria. Please use the template provided as other formats will not be accepted.

 Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

 For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site.