Community Protection
Food, Occupational Health &Safety (FOSH) Technical Officer
Permanent Post
37 hours per week
Grade E1 - £34,434 to £37,280 per annum
Here at Warwick District Council, we pride ourselves on the fact that we offer you agreat place to work.
We achieve our goals by recruiting and retaining motivated, empowered and flexible staff. We are committed to training and development, and we encourage a healthy work-life balance. We offer the rewards and benefits that make it a great place to work.
People like you
We offer a wide range of career opportunities at every level of the organisation. From apprenticeships to senior management, permanent to fixed term contracts or part-timeworking, we have something for everyone.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player with a genuine interest in protecting and maintaining the health of the community through the promotion and enforcement of food and occupational safety and health.
Main responsibilities:
- Inspect lower risk food establishments in the Council’s area and ensure they are safely and hygienically operated, and that they produce food that is fit for human consumption.
- Investigate complaints about the safety of food, follow up on notifications of food-related disease, carry out sampling and, with the guidance of senior officers or the team leader, take the most appropriate course of action in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures.
- Receive and respond to applications i.e. food premises registration, skin piercing, permits to trade or other related matters.
- Assessment of applications providing formal responses including relevant comments to ensure compliance with the Food Safety Regulations, Health & Safety at Work etc Act, Miscellaneous Provisions Act and all associated regulations and codes of practice.
- Undertake compliance interventions as necessary.
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 5, or equivalent in a relevant subject or relevant work experience.
- 2 years’ experience in a relevant subject area or demonstrable experience in an equivalent service delivery role.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with a broad cross-section of people across the organisation and external partners.
- Ability to adapt to new areas of work and rapidly gain knowledge and understanding of new subject areas or systems.
- Ability to understand and interpret legislation.
- High level of IT skills, and ability learn to use of IT systems and applications. Especially Microsoft office products and web applications. Back database systems.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise work, solve problems both within a team and as an individual to effectively manage a varied workload.
- Ability to achieve own targets, set and support team members to achieve their targets.
- Effective influencing, negotiating and advocacy skills.
- Demonstrable proportionate, and pragmatic problem-solving skills and ability.
- Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
- Ability to provide support to colleagues who deal with complex and challenging situations.
- Good communication skills both verbally and in writing including the ability to produce written documents and presentations to a high standard to a range of audiences.
Overview of team
The team consists of Environmental health Officers and Technical Officers.
Working Location
The intention is for the postholder to work predominately from home however, it is a requirement to attend our offices or sites within Warwick District as required. Any costs for travel from home to the office will be met by the successful candidate. However, hybrid and office working is also available.
If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion, please contact Nicola Hoare (Food and Safety Team Leader) by email on
[email protected] or by telephone on 01926 456710.
Closing date: 21st August 2026
Interview date: 26th August 2026
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button, please contact HR Support on [email protected] including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.
As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. By ‘essential criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS), applicants must disclose that they have a disability and would like to be considered for the scheme.
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application or recruitment process or upon appointment, please contact [email protected] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
