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Senior Technical Officer – Commercial
Grade 8, £38,912 to £42,107 pro-rata (inclusive of local weighting) depending on experience.
Full time - 37 hours per week
Permanent
Are you enthusiastic, customer-focused, technically knowledgeable, with good communication skills and enjoy delivering high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing for those who live and work in East Hertfordshire? Yes? Then you could be the person we are looking for to join our team! Following retirement, promotion and career changes, we have been left with several key positions to recruit to across the different disciplines of environmental health.
What will you be doing?
• Responding to service requests and giving appropriate advice.
• Carrying out a range of inspections and investigations and working to remedy issues affecting the health, wellbeing or safety of those in East Hertfordshire.
• You will be empowered to undertake appropriate enforcement action as necessary.
• For the senior roles, you will also be responsible for providing technical advice to the team and supporting the development of officers.
About you
As an ideal candidate, you will have:
• A relevant qualification or experience within the discipline applied for and a working knowledge of the legislation and regulations relating to those areas.
• The ability to deal with challenging situations using tact and discretion.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work without supervision, prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Excellent written skills, with the ability to write schedules of work, summarise accurately and convey complex information.
What can we offer you?
• A stimulating and supportive work environment.
• Flexible working arrangements, including flexi-time.
• You will be based in Hertford with the option for home working up to 50% of your working hours.
• Discounted gym membership.
• 26-29 days annual leave, increasing by 5 days with 5 years’ local government service.
• Employee well-being programme.
COMING SOON - Technical Officer – Commercial
We are also just formalising approval to recruit for a Technical Officer - Commercial position and expect to have the advert out in the next two to three weeks. Keep an eye on our website for more details about this post https://jobs.eastherts.gov.uk/EastHerts/Home
How to apply
For an informal discussion about the role and to find out more about East Herts Councils ambition please contact Paul Thomas-Jones, Service Manager – Environmental Health on 01992 531491 or Alimat Adenekan, Environmental Health Commercial Team Manager.
Closing date: Monday 23rd September 2024 at 9am
Interviews will be held week commencing 30 September.
So, if you’re looking to make a difference in East Hertfordshire in our Environmental Health team please apply via the buttons shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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