Senior / Environmental Health Officer
(Commercial Team)
Scale 5/6 £33,143 - £39,152 / £39,152 - £44,075 *
(career graded), pro-rata pay award pending
plus an Essential Car User Allowance
Permanent 18.5 hours per week
Are you an enthusiastic, self-motivated team player who has a strong sense of customer focus and good communication skills?
An opportunity has arisen for a part-time (0.5 FTE) Senior / Environmental Health Officer specialising in food and safety to work in our Commercial Environmental Health Team. This exciting and stimulating role encompasses a variety of environmental health work including:
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Proactive and reactive inspections for food hygiene and health & safety in a wide variety of businesses
- Provision of advice and guidance to our businesses to maintain compliance & success
- Assessing safety controls at events
- Investigation of food poisoning and infectious disease cases
- Inspection of skin piercing premises
- Opportunities for supporting officers in other areas such as enviro-crime, housing and other public health areas
Blaby District Council is seeking a qualified professional who can manage a balanced case load, make sound professional judgements and use a proportionate, risk-based approach to enforcement.
You will have at least 1 year’s post qualification experience and ideally be competent under the Food Law Code of Practice to inspect high risk food businesses. You must hold a suitable qualification for food hygiene as listed in the Food Law Code of Practice.
With in-depth knowledge of key legislation, regulations and relevant guidance, you will have a proven ability to carry out inspections, investigations, gather evidence, serve statutory notices and prepare cases for prosecution.
This role operates within a career-graded scheme, offering progression, based on responsibility, experience, qualifications and personal performance. You will be able to provide, on request, a copy of your competency framework and current and appropriate CPD.
This role will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (known as a DBS check). All offers of employment will be made conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory DBS check.
Salary dependent on qualifications and experience – see Job Description
Benefits of working with us include a local government pension scheme, CIEH membership fees paid, exciting career opportunities, flexible working including a flexi-time scheme and out of town offices with free car parking and cycle bays. To find out more, click on the link Employee benefits
We also support Hybrid working arrangements with a combination of on-site and home working. While most work is undertaken during core office hours, flexibility is required, including occasional work outside normal hours to support service delivery.
Closing date: 22nd July 2026
Interview date: 3rd August 2026
Blaby District Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we welcome applications from all diversities. We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, care leavers and those in the Armed Forces. As a Disability Confident Employer and to show our commitment to Care Leavers and the Armed Forces Covenant, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
