Position: Food Safety Team Leader LBS-012
Location: 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH, United Kingdom
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 2+ Months
Working Hours: 36 hours per week
Pay Rate: PAYE: £28.96 per hour
Job Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Food Safety Team, including enforcement and support staff
- Oversee delivery of food safety and food standards regulatory services
- Handle complex food safety enforcement cases and provide technical guidance
- Support strategic planning, service improvement, and council priorities
- Manage team performance, business plans, and operational targets
- Ensure policies, procedures, and regulatory practices remain up to date
- Ensure compliance with food law, statutory guidance, and enforcement standards
- Monitor service performance and drive continuous improvement
- Provide leadership, advice, and support to officers and stakeholders
- Work with internal teams, businesses, and partners to achieve regulatory outcomes
Person Specification
- Extensive current food safety regulatory experience within a UK Local Authority
- Strong knowledge of food hygiene, food standards, and food law enforcement
- Experience leading and managing a food safety enforcement team
- Experience handling complex food safety investigations and cases
- Knowledge of statutory regulations, guidance, and compliance frameworks
- Experience in performance management, business planning, and service improvement
- Ability to develop policies and procedures
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Relevant Environmental Health/Food Safety qualification
- Current experience delivering food hygiene and food standards enforcement in a council environment
Job Reference: OR110886
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 2 months
Pay: £28.96 per hour
Experience:
- food safety regulatory: 2 years (required)
- food hygiene, food standards, and food law enforcement: 2 years (required)
- handling complex food safety investigations: 2 years (required)
- performance management, planning, and service improvement: 2 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
