Environmental Protection Officer

Teqniq is searching for a Environmental Protection Officer to work in the public sector. 37 hours per week. 6 month contract. 09:00-17:00 Job Description: You will need access to your own vehicle and we will agree at interview the arrangements with regard to days in the office and WFH. You will effectively promote and, where appropriate, enforce environmental protection across the district (‘environmental protection’ refers to regulating industrial emissions, local air quality management, contaminated land, drinking water from private supplies, anti-social behaviour and nuisance from commercial premises and planning/licensing advice). Your primary responsibility is to protect the public and the environment and groups such as consumers, tenants, residents and workers. You will also regulate to achieve local economic growth, for example by improving regulatory outcomes, without imposing unnecessary burdens, thereby reducing business costs or by providing Primary Authority Services. Main Duties: 1. You will conduct re-active and pro-active interventions (‘interventions’ refers to the provision of advice, inspections, investigations, audits, surveillance and other monitoring/survey activity, and the public health and environmental impact assessment of proposed development or applications for licences/permitted processes). 2. You will undertake initiatives to bring about environmental compliance without the need for enforcement, such as by participating in business or consumer education programmes or by working with businesses on accreditation schemes. 3. You will carry out initiatives to promote the authority and the service. 4. You will support staff training and peer reviews. 5. You will be appointed to act or speak on behalf of the service on: (i) Project teams. (ii) Specialist sub-groups. (iii) Multi-agency task teams. 6. You will supervise contractors who are engaged by the service. 7. You will collaborate with other agencies and organisations and, with colleagues across the authority to carry out joined up consistent enforcement interventions (e.g. with Planning, Building Control, the ASB Hub, Housing Benefits) and to develop and improve joint projects and ways of working. 8. You will support the service in meeting its on-call/emergency responsibilities by providing advice by telephone and on-call cover outside of your normal working hours. TEQ- INDJS1 Disclaimer: On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client, (or any third parties we have dealings with) for their consideration of your suitability for the role. I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify teqniq of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.