Warning
This job advert has expired and applications have closed.
Public Protection Officer
| Posting date: | 16 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,124.00 to £37,938.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 April 2025 |
| Location: | BA14 8JN |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wiltshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3796 |
Summary
Salary: £36,124 - £37,938
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting.
Wiltshire Environment - Shaping a Greener, More Sustainable Future
We are looking for an Environmental Health & Food Safety Public Protection Officer to join our Food and Safety Team in our well-established Public Protection Service!
Our Public Protection Service sits within our large unitary authority, bringing together food and health and safety, trading standards, animal health, environmental protection, licensing and pest control. Integration between these disciplines is not only encouraged but fully supported to deliver a quality service. We are looking for someone who can join our enthusiastic and creative team in meeting this objective.
As a Public Protection Officer in the Food and Safety Team, you will be instrumental in achieving both our proactive and reactive work programmes. You will work alongside an experienced group of officers who are knowledgeable, dedicated, hardworking and ever keen to protect the public whilst exploring innovative ways of providing a sustainable regulatory service, across a wide range of food hygiene, health and safety, and infectious disease projects.
Our ideal candidate will be Environmental Health graduates looking to embark on a graduate role with full support for career development and training to complete their Environmental Health Practitioner Portfolio and becoming a CIEH registered Environmental Health Practitioner.
You will have a thorough understanding or previous experience of working in food safety, health and safety and infectious disease control. To succeed in this role, you will have an approachable manner, excellent communication skills and the ability to independently prioritise your workload. The ability to inspect high risk and complex food processes incorporating knowledge of food standards would also be desirable.
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting.
Wiltshire Environment - Shaping a Greener, More Sustainable Future
We are looking for an Environmental Health & Food Safety Public Protection Officer to join our Food and Safety Team in our well-established Public Protection Service!
Our Public Protection Service sits within our large unitary authority, bringing together food and health and safety, trading standards, animal health, environmental protection, licensing and pest control. Integration between these disciplines is not only encouraged but fully supported to deliver a quality service. We are looking for someone who can join our enthusiastic and creative team in meeting this objective.
As a Public Protection Officer in the Food and Safety Team, you will be instrumental in achieving both our proactive and reactive work programmes. You will work alongside an experienced group of officers who are knowledgeable, dedicated, hardworking and ever keen to protect the public whilst exploring innovative ways of providing a sustainable regulatory service, across a wide range of food hygiene, health and safety, and infectious disease projects.
Our ideal candidate will be Environmental Health graduates looking to embark on a graduate role with full support for career development and training to complete their Environmental Health Practitioner Portfolio and becoming a CIEH registered Environmental Health Practitioner.
You will have a thorough understanding or previous experience of working in food safety, health and safety and infectious disease control. To succeed in this role, you will have an approachable manner, excellent communication skills and the ability to independently prioritise your workload. The ability to inspect high risk and complex food processes incorporating knowledge of food standards would also be desirable.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.