COMM ENT G3 - Team Leader; Environmental Services

Overview

South Lanarkshire Council (Planning & Regulatory Services; Environmental Services) are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, self-motivated Team Leader who can accept and tackle demanding goals to ensure effective service delivery. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and driving forward specialist areas of work or projects, undertaking background research, data collection and analysis for the implementation of complex, sensitive or specialist Environmental Services functions and service performance.

In addition, you will allocate work in accordance with the service plan, taking into account the effective use of resources, supervising officers to ensure that work is progressed and service plan targets are achieved. This position is based in the Environmental Crime Team (covering Enforcement of Fly Tipping, Littering, Dog Fouling and delivery of the Stray Dog Service). This Team has recently been successful in attracting additional members of Enforcement Staff and is going through a period of expansion and enhanced enforcement in specific areas (notably Fly Tipping Enforcement).

This is a permanent post and you could be asked to fulfil roles undertaken by Environmental Health Officer’s (EHO’s) and Team Leader level positions within the Service.

Actual closing date: Applications must be received by Thursday 22 January 2026 at 11:55pm. Location: Brandon Gate, 1 Leechlee Road, Hamilton, ML3 0XB
. Hours: 35 per week. Work pattern: Monday – Thursday 8:45am – 4:45pm and Friday 8:45am – 4:15pm. Salary: £50,622 – £51,370 annual salary.

The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for developing and driving forward specialist areas of work or projects within Environmental Services.
• Undertake background research, data collection and analysis for the implementation of complex or specialist Environmental Services functions and service performance.
• Allocate work in accordance with the service plan and supervise officers to ensure work is progressed and service plan targets are achieved.
• Support the Environmental Crime Team, including Enforcement of Fly Tipping, Littering, Dog Fouling and delivery of the Stray Dog Service.
• Be prepared to work within an expanding enforcement context and potentially undertake roles at Environmental Health Officer (EHO) level.

Internal applicants MUST apply via Opportunity Marketplace. Please complete your SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS via the “Me” tab/tile on Fusion or by clicking on the application link in the section of the application form titled “REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS”. This is a permanent post; ideally, candidates will have criminal enforcement experience and related enforcement experience with technical awareness in the highlighted areas.

If applying as an EHO, hold the relevant Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent (REHIS Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health or equivalent) to legally use the protected title in Scotland.

Further information: contact David Duffy, Divisional Environmental Health Officer, at david.d or . View the Team Leader Environmental Services job profile.

Required documents and application questions: Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, uploaded under supporting documents:

• What enforcement experience (criminal or otherwise) do you have?
• Do you hold any further qualifications or experience that demonstrate your competence in relation to this area (such as Supervisor or Managing Staff Workload)?
• Outline any experience you have that you feel would serve you well in relation to this post.
• Do you hold a current Driving Licence and are you able to travel and work within this discipline throughout South Lanarkshire?

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

Please Apply online. All correspondence will be via your email address. Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if needed, to ensure timely completion of recruitment…