Job Description

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £40,506 – £43,152 (PO5)

Location: Town Hall Extension, Argyle Street, London. WC1H 8NP

Team: Culture and Environment Directorate / Regeneration and Planning

As the Principal Environmental Health Officer in the Food Safety Team you will take the lead on a full range of Food and Health and Safety enforcement case work, and will include an understanding of the Food Safety Act 1990, Food Law Code of Practice (England) and the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. You will need to ensure you are up to date with all new relevant legislation and advice relative to the work area and act as the lead for projects with responsibility for investigation, enforcement and management of complex casework, including policies, research, programmed inspections and service requests. You will also prepare specifications, reports, notices, and schedules in line with prosecutions for failure to comply with statutory instruments where appropriate. One of the key aspects of the role is to provide a high level of customer service and investigate formal complaints from service users, stakeholders and senior officers within agreed timescales.

As part of your role you will contribute and lead on performance measurement and reporting of national and corporate agenda/objectives concerning public health, the environment, and consumer protection. This will involve the preparation of performance reports to ensure external and internal targets are met and delivered to a high standard, with agreed timeframes. As the Principal Environmental Health Officer you will be responsible for working with policies and procedures within the council to address the nature of work in terms of type and size of premises against the risks this poses to the residents, workers and visitors to the Camden area.

Key Requirements

Qualifications/Knowledge:

• BSc/Msc degree or the equivalent in Environmental Health
• EHORB registered as an Environmental Health Officer is essential
• Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation and legal procedures and have the ability to prepare reports and specifications in relation to this
• Knowledge of enforcement action for failure to comply with requirements of legislation and statutory notices

Skills/Behaviours:

• Excellent observational and investigation skills
• Strong communication skills both verbally and in writing at all levels with internal and external organisations
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and reports
• Proven ability in preparing detailed specifications of works, notices, plans, reports and formal enforcement action is essential
• Good organisational and prioritising skills as to produce high quality work within a given timescale and agreed targets
• Ability to take responsibility for self development and contribute to the development of other staff by identifying appropriate development opportunities

Experience:

• Experience in working at a senior level on complex food cases with proven experience to serve prohibition notices, closing premises and leading on complex food prosecution cases
• Experience in taking enforcement action for failure to comply with requirements of appropriate legislation and statutory notices.
• Proven project management experience with successful outcomes
• Experience of writing and interpreting complex and technical documentation for a variety of audiences

Additional Information

How to apply:

To apply for this job please follow the “Apply for this job” link. As part of the application form you will be asked to explain how you meet the key requirements for this role listed in the advert. When explaining how you meet each of the requirements, please give examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience. When writing your examples give a brief description of the situation or task but focus on the actions you took and the result of your actions.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 25th March 2012 at 23:59pm

Interviews to be held: April 2012

Please quote reference: LBC1816

For further information about this role, please refer to the Job Profile.

Equal Opportunities

Camden Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Camden is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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Job Description

Spatial Planning and Design Team Leader (PBC009) Inclusive salary range £33,355 up to £36,868 per annum The Council’s Planning department deals with many challenges to ensure that our city and countryside remains attractive to residents and businesses as well as facing significant development pressures. In this new role, you will assist in the delivery of a Development Plan, including the project identification and implementation, seeking to safeguard the natural and built heritage, promote environmental quality and deliver a seamless spatial planning offer incorporating expertise from a range of professional disciplines which also complies with statutory and corporate requirements. With RTPI membership, you will be educated to Degree or Masters level in Town Planning with previous management experience and have a broad range of knowledge and experience of the key issues influencing spatial planning. You will also demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to problem solving. With expertise in preparing spatial planning documents and taking these through the plan adoption process, you will also have knowledge of urban design, conservation and listed building legislation and procedures. Your working style will be collaborative and partnership driven, with a strong appreciation of the challenges and opportunities of working within a political environment and highly participative local community. This post is Politically Restricted and subject to a Basic Disclosure Check. Benefits include generous leave, pension scheme, homeworking/flexible working (where applicable) and other benefits that are available to staff. For full details, please visit “http://www.stalbans.gov.uk “:http://www.stalbans.gov.uk%20/ or email ”mailto:personnel@stalbans.gov.uk ”>personnel@stalbans.gov.uk stating your details and the post reference number: PBC.009. No CVs please. Closing date for applications: 23 February 2012.

Equal Opportunities

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer

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