Sanctuary Personnel are looking for an Environmental Health Practitioner to work with Somerset Council on an interim basis initially for 6 months.
37 Hours Per Week
The role is paying £34.13 Per Hour (PAYE) or £45 Per Hour Via an Umbrella Company
Hybrid working allowing to work from home or the council office. Field work on average twice a week.
The Job-
The role requires working over the usual range of Environmental Protection functions, primarily Statutory Nuisance investigations, but also ideally planning and licensing consultations, public health cases and environmental permitting inspections.
- Investigating Statutory Nuisance complaints by way of standard procedures, using record forms, the Noise App and installing noise equipment where appropriate
- Responding to Planning and Licensing consultations
- Carrying out Environmental Permit inspections
- Enforcement -collecting evidence under PACE rules.
- Utilising Civica APP data management system
- Liaising with other colleagues in the Environmental Protection Team -Somerset North and other Somerset colleagues on policy/procedural matters.
Applicant Requirements-
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Health or MSc Environmental Health or equivalent, or qualified by strong, relevant professional experience.
- Experience in Statutory Nuisance investigations
- Experience in Planning and Licensing consultations including hearings
- Environmental Permitting inspection and application experience
- Great variety of communication skills for negotiating with customers and liaising with colleagues
- Balancing the response required for carrying out both reactive and proactive work simultaneously
