Environment Protection Officer (Food and Safety)

Environmental Protection Officer Tier 2 (Food and Safety) About the Borough Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two. Kingston and Sutton councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies. We work flexibly in both Kingston and Sutton offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver. There are some really exciting things happening in both boroughs. In Sutton, we are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. Over in Kingston, we are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in the borough, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact. You should choose Kingston and Sutton if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do. About the Role and our Ideal Candidate Responsibilities will include the enforcement of food hygiene and standards; Health and safety and accident investigation; Investigation of complaints and food borne illnesses; Supporting our food businesses to improve and maintain good standards; Working with our stakeholders and partners in collaborative projects around health and nutrition. About You You will need to be an Environmental Health Practitioner with a BSc / MSc in Environmental Health or with the full CIEH Food Officer qualifications such as the Higher Certificate in Food Control with Food Standards certification with recent experience of inspecting high to low food business operators. You will be willing to work across the Shared Service of Kingston and Sutton and ideally have access to a car for work purposes. About Us The Environmental Health Commercial Food and Safety team is part of the Kingston and Sutton Shared Environment Service Regulatory Services. It enforces legislation across the boroughs of Kingston and Sutton. The service is hosted by the Royal Borough of Kingston. In this position you will be asked to work primarily across Kingston but will also undertake work in the London Borough of Sutton. Kingston operates agile working which means that you will have the flexibility to work at hot desks currently in the Guildhall 2 Kingston and at the Civic Offices in Sutton as well as in your own home space. This allows you to arrange a good work-life balance. Our Work Well Team Charter ensures that there are set times for regular face to face team meetings and training sessions. The Food & Safety team is small but close knit and supportive of each other; teamwork is at the heart of our success and we are passionate about our roles. If you choose to work with Kingston and Sutton, you can be assured of not only great work experience but a warm welcome from the team and across our Shared Environment Service. Our work is varied, complex and challenging and you will be accountable for a wide-ranging caseload and have the ability to apply the necessary core skills including investigation, negotiation, mediation and persuasion to gain legal compliance and where necessary, use the full range of legal enforcement powers. Our Offer To You As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team. In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation. Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include: Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) Three volunteering days per year in Kingston or Sutton Flexible and agile working arrangements Comprehensive learning and development programme Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres Interest free season ticket loans Local Government Pension Scheme Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme Zip car scheme Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses Confidential wellbeing and counselling support Subsidised gym membership

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