Environmental Health Officer

**Employer**: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Salary**: £39,513 - £42,708 plus benefits.
- **Location**: Wirral, Mallory, 2 Alice Ker Square
- **Contract**: Permanent
- **Working Pattern**: Flexible Hours/Full Time
- **Hours**: 36 hours per week.
- **DBS Check**: No
- **Closing Date**: 26/01/2025 at 23:59
- **Reference**: NS/24/300603

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

**Environmental Health Officer**

**About the Role**:
Wirral Council's Environmental Health Service carries out a wide range of public protection duties including food safety, health and safety, pollution control, animal health and even shellfish bed classification.

There is currently an opportunity within the team for an Environmental Health Officer to assist in the delivery of all the service's statutory functions.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual, with capacity to work under pressure and meet challenging deadlines, to provide a high-quality service to the public, the business community and external organisations.

We would like to hear from you if you have excellent communication and negotiating skills as well as sound knowledge of Environmental Health legislation.

Whilst the job description does state that the Certificate of Registration of the Environmental Health Officers Registration Board or equivalent is required, we would like to hear from applicants who are willing or are currently working towards becoming a Registered Environmental Health Practitioner with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

**Interviews to be held week commencing 11**th** February 2025.**

**Working at Wirral**

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:
Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things, and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
- Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies._
- It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances._
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