Job Title: Environmental Protection Officer
Location: East Suffolk Council, Lowestoft (NR33 0EQ), or Melton (IP12 1RT)
Salary: £36,648 – £45,441 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent and Fixed Time Roles Available
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contracts Available: 1 Permanent Role, 1 Fixed Term Role Until September 2025
Closing date: 11pm, 19th February 2024
Interview date: w/c 26th February 2024
Do you want an exciting role working in a beautiful coastal district with a great employer? Come to East Suffolk to join our progressive and supportive organisation, where people really do care.
We have two fantastic opportunities to join the established and growing Environmental Protection Team. The team is responsible for responding to planning applications, managing the Private Water Supplies regime for over 500 commercial and domestic premises, Local Air Quality Management, animal licensing and welfare, noise and nuisance investigations, pollution control, bathing waters and premises licensing representations.
East Suffolk, with easy links to both Norwich and London, stretches from Felixstowe, the busiest UK port, to Lowestoft in the North with 50 miles of beautiful coastline in between, including an Area of Natural Beauty. It is home to Latitude festival, Blue Flag beaches, numerous Nationally Significant Infrastructure projects such as Sizewell C Nuclear power station, Lowestoft flood defences and the Gull Wing bridge and significant regeneration projects for which we play an important consultative role.
Internal promotion and growth of the team means we have two vacancies for innovative and dedicated Environmental Protection Officers. So, if you are passionate about making a meaningful difference to the community we serve, with the skillset to undertake complex and technically challenging case work and projects please apply to come and join our supportive and progressive Environmental Protection Team.
What you will need:
- You should hold a Level 6 postgraduate qualification in Environmental Health or an Environmental Health Protection-related subject
- You should also be able to work outside normal office hours to meet the demands of the service
If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all of the essential requirements, please apply.
We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
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 on YouTube and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work.
Here are some of the main benefits:
- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
- Local government pension scheme
- Flexible working arrangements
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes
- Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services
About us:
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 hugely value our staff and know that in order for us to remain successful, it is essential for us to recognise talented employees, developing and retaining them within the organisation. We are therefore committed to investing in our staff and providing first-class support to ensure a positive culture and rewarding careers.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Environmental Officer, Environmental Auditor, Environmental Coordinator, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Legislation, Environmental Regulations, Environment Regulator, Environmental Regulatory Compliance, Manufacturing Environmental Compliance, Environmental Health, Environmental Licensing, Environmental, Environmental Health, Environmental Project Manager may also be considered for this role.
