Senior/Environmental Health Officer

2 weeks ago


Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen Council Full time £35,412 - £44,075 per year

Job description

Terms and Conditions: Full time, Permanent, 37 hours per week

Department: Chief Executive's

Interview date: 4 December 2025

Senior/Environmental Health Officer – Business compliance (Food safety, health and safety)

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is a busy unitary authority in east Lancashire. Blackburn and Darwen are vibrant towns surrounded by beautiful countryside and within easy reach of Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Preston, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

The Council has been a unitary authority for over 25 years and has a multi-disciplinary Public Protection and Environmental Health Service. Links with co-located colleagues in the Licensing and Trading Standards teams makes for the service being known for its can-do attitude and problem-solving approach to enforcement.

We now have an opportunity to work in our Business Compliance Team which deals with food safety and standards, infectious disease control, health and safety at work compliance and safety at the local football stadium. We also work closely with public health colleagues on a healthy catering award.

The ideal candidate will have experience of food safety compliance work, but we are willing to consider applications from those who hold the degree in Environmental Health and are willing to continue their professional development with us and work towards registration with CIEH. Candidates in this position will be placed on grade G (£35,412 to £39,152) until registration is attained.

You must have excellent communication skills, be self-motivated to work alone but also be a team player. In return we can offer a friendly working environment and our commitment to a great work-life balance. We can work from home using a range of IT applications to facilitate this. Annual leave of 26 days per year (31 days after 5 year's service) plus bank holidays. Access to car leasing scheme and subsidised leisure memberships is available.

If you're looking for a varied and challenging role, why not give us a call for an informal chat? Call Joanna Burtonwood or Denise Andrews on or email or

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Job details

Job reference

REQ04467

Date posted

24/11/2025

Application closing date

30/11/2025

Location

Blackburn with Darwen

Salary

Salary up to £44,075

Package

Blank

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Council



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