Food Safety/Environmental Health Officer – Food and Safety Team

Food Safety/Environmental Health Officer – Food and Safety Team

Salary: Grade E-F (depending on experience).

Part time 22.50 hours (ideally Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Are you passionate about protecting public health and helping to shape the future of Environmental Health?

We are seeking a motivated and professional Food Safety/Environmental Health Officer to join our busy and forward‑thinking team. You will carry out food hygiene and health and safety inspections, investigations and complex audits, helping to ensure high standards of compliance across the district. Depending on your experience, you will take on a lead role within a specialist area of food safety or health and safety.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to public health and wellbeing in our community. You will play a vital role in enforcing environmental health legislation, protecting residents, and supporting businesses to promote a safe, healthy and sustainable environment.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include case management, responding to service requests, undertaking inspections and investigations, and delivering technical support. You will lead, develop and contribute to a range of projects, helping to ensure the team maintains a strong customer focus while remaining up to date with legislative and regulatory changes.

We invite applications for a part-time (22.50 hours), please note that there is a requirement to be office based (Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HG) for at least 40% of the time and therefore we are unable to consider applicants who wish to undertake remote working.

Do you want to know more about the role?

Please contact Daniel Kenward, Food, Safety & Development Team Leader on 01732 227 158 or Laura Webb, Environmental Health Manager on 01732 227 167 for an informal discussion about the role.

For further details on the role, the Council, and the benefits of working for us, please see our Candidate Pack – https://sevenoaks.pagetiger.com/dgxguri

Do you want to ensure you have the best chance of being shortlisted?

Read the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role and ensure that your supporting statement explains how you meet the essential requirements as your application will be judged against these criteria.

Closing date: Sunday, 14th of June

Interviews: Friday, 19th of June

Equal Opportunities:
Sevenoaks – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Sevenoaks District 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.

Application notes:
Please apply online. If this is not possible, please contact a member of the HR team by emailing human.resources@sevenoaks.gov.uk to discuss how we can assist you in applying.