Environmental Health Officer; Communicable Disease and Health and Safety

Overview

An Environmental Health Officer in communicable disease and health and safety is responsible for enforcing environmental health legislation related to public health and safety within commercial settings.

They act as a key member delivering the Section 18 health & safety service plan, investigating reactive complaints, service requests, work-related injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences, enforcement work in accordance with the SRS Compliance & Enforcement Policy.

They are also responsible for the delivery of the communicable disease and health service plan across Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

• Enforce environmental health legislation related to public health and safety within commercial settings.
• Deliver and contribute to the Section 18 health & safety service plan.
• Investigate reactive complaints, service requests, work-related injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
• Carry out enforcement work in accordance with the SRS Compliance & Enforcement Policy.
• Deliver the communicable disease and health service plan across Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

• Qualified Environmental Health Officer or equivalent.
• Ability and drive to provide a customer-focused, responsive, risk-based, effective and professional service.
• Very effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability and motivation to solve problems, personal credibility and an approach that builds rapport and confidence from customers.
• 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.

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.

The Shared Regulatory Service operates across the three partner Councils - Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan - under a single management structure. The Service is primarily accountable to a Joint Committee of Elected Members but continues to serve the Licensing and Public Protection Committees of each partner council, and in some instances each cabinet, on corporate matters.

• Ambitious - Forward thinking, embracing new ways of working and investing in our future.
• Open - Open to different ideas and being accountable for the decisions we take.
• Together - Working together as a team that engages with our customers and partners, respects diversity and is committed to quality services.