Food, Safety and Development Team Leader

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

With your expertise in environmental health, you’ll act as the lead for food hygiene, public health, health & safety and the learning and development lead for Environmental Health Trainees and Apprentices. You’ll be dedicated to shaping and developing others learning and ensuring they have the tools for success.

You’ll motivate, lead and empower the team by providing advice and guidance, drawing on your expertise and experience of Food Hygiene, Infectious Disease Control, Health and Safety, Public Health and registration associated with the Beauty Sector.  In addition to this, you’ll deputise for the Environmental Health Manager when necessary and aid team development by creating and implementing policies, procedures and reporting on performance.

Your day-to-day duties will include case management, responding to service requests, inspections and investigations and providing technical support to others. You’ll lead, develop and support a variety of ambitious projects and ensure the team retains a strong customer focus, as well as keeping up to date with legislative changes.

We invite applications for a full-time (37 hours) or a part-time (minimum 30 hours) although please note that there is a requirement to be office based (Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HG) for at least 60% 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 Laura Webb, Environmental Health Manager on 01732 227 167 or Colin Alden, Environmental Protection Team Leader 01732 227 189 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/beewswi/1

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: 30^th April 2025

Interviews: 21^st & 22^nd May 2025