Ref: 000399
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £41,511 - £45,718 per annum (Grade 8)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Location: Sir Robert Peacock House
Closing Date: Monday 16th December 2024
Role Overview:
We are looking for two experienced EHOs to carry out the Food Safety/Standards and Health and Safety functions within the service. The candidate needs to be a registered Environmental Health Practitioner with the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health. The candidate also needs to be suitably qualified in accordance with the Food Law Code of Practice to do the food specialism and have at least 2 years’ current experience carrying out food hygiene interventions including food hygiene and food standards inspections.
The role will be responsible for the duties commensurate with the professional competence of a Senior Environmental Health Officer within the Commercial Team carrying out Food and Health and Safety duties.
Key Responsibilities:
- To carry out programmed food hygiene and food standards inspections in accordance with the Food Law Code of Practice
- To apply and enforce the requirements of premises subject to approval
- To carry out food sampling and investigations
- Working with stakeholders such as UKHSA to investigate infectious disease notifications
- To investigate Food and/or Health and Safety complaints/service requests or accident reports
- To administer a range of interventions and enforcement sanctions in line with statute and council policies and processes
- To undertake work to investigate breaches of legislation, in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Us:
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough, and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business, and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page
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