Senior Environmental Protection Officer

Make a Difference in Lancaster
Join us as a Senior Environmental Protection Officer and play a vital role in improving health, wellbeing, and environmental quality across Lancaster. You will ensure compliance with statutory duties, support the council’s Climate Emergency response, and promote community safety, safeguarding children through responsible and effective service delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing
You will manage a personal caseload of environmental protection cases, including investigations, inspections, and enforcement actions. Your work will involve advising on air quality, pollution control, and private water supplies, leading projects, preparing technical reports, and engaging with community groups and partner agencies to enhance public reassurance. You will also supervise Environmental Protection Officers and contribute to delivering high standards of customer service and regulatory compliance.

You’ll Fit Right In If…
You hold a degree or diploma in Environmental Health or equivalent experience and have a strong background in local authority regulatory roles. You are skilled in case management, evidence gathering, and legal procedures, with excellent negotiation and communication abilities. You take pride in working autonomously, prioritising workloads, and delivering outstanding customer service. Above all, you share our values of Working Together, Ambition, Pride, and Ownership to make a positive impact in our community.

Ready to Join Us?
If you’re passionate about protecting the environment and public health, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about what it’s like working with us, our benefits, values and culture, by visiting lancaster.gov.uk/sites/recruitment.

Why Work With Us
Our Benefits
• Generous annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Car purchase scheme
• Lifestyle savings
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Volunteering days
• Wellbeing support

Flexible working friendly
We welcome discussions about flexible working and may be able to offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and agreed working hours to support work–life balance.

Inclusive employer
We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We guarantee interviews for applicants with a disability and armed forces veterans who meet the essential criteria.

Proposed Interview Date: 03 March 2026