Employer
Kingston Council
Location(s)
Kingston
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Hours
Full Time
Grade
H/I
Hours Per Week
36
Salary Range
£40,755 - £50,574
Salary Basis
Per annum
Leave Entitlement
30 days
Application Deadline
20/01/2025, 23:55 Anticipated Interview Date(s)
25/01/2025
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. 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 Application Process
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application. The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process. Our hiring managers review applications based on the knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in your application, and how well these match the job profile. Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce. We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda. We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
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Kingston Council
Location(s)
Kingston
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Hours
Full Time
Grade
H/I
Hours Per Week
36
Salary Range
£40,755 - £50,574
Salary Basis
Per annum
Leave Entitlement
30 days
Application Deadline
20/01/2025, 23:55 Anticipated Interview Date(s)
25/01/2025
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. 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 Application Process
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application. The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process. Our hiring managers review applications based on the knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in your application, and how well these match the job profile. Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce. We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda. We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
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