Senior Environmental Health Officer – Environmental Protection

Senior Environmental Health Officer – Environmental Protection

Full time, 37 hours per week | Grade SK15–SK16 (£43,365- £45,768 per annum)

The Role & The Team

The Environmental Protection Team within Public Protection are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and positive colleague, to work across the full range of Environmental Protection functions.
Reporting to the Community Safety Manager, you will join and line manage a small supportive team. The career-graded structure gives you the opportunity to demonstrate growing competence, broaden your knowledge and experience in line with the accompanying job description.

What you will do

• Take a lead role in delivering the councils environmental protection functions including:
• the investigation of statutory nuisance complaints,
• pollution control,
• environmental permitting,
• contaminated land investigation,
• stray dogs,
• public health (including rodent infestations, filthy and verminous premises and drainage issues),
• public health funerals,
• drainage,
• Statutory consultee for planning and licensing applications.
• Be responsible for supervising and providing guidance and technical advice to the team, and supporting them to use all tools and powers at their disposal.
• Support the Manager in developing service delivery, including the production and revision of policies and procedures, statistical returns and registers and providing support, training and guidance to colleagues.
• Working in line with the Council’s Enforcement Policy and other relevant procedures, independently and with minimal supervision, undertake investigations into breaches of legislation, determine the most appropriate course of action, prepare evidence, issue notices, compile reports and appear in Court or Tribunals on behalf of the Council.
• Give professional advice to a range of stakeholders, including Councillors, officers from wider Council service functions, members of the public, landlords etc. on the requirements of statutory provisions and technical advice on measures to implement these provisions.
• Undertake such other duties of a comparable nature and level of responsibility as may be required from time to time by the Line Manager/ Head of Service.

What we are looking for

• Environmental Protection based knowledge and experience.
• A positive, motivated professional with an interest in developing across a broad range of work.
• Sound judgement, problem-solving skills and the confidence to work with appropriate independence.
• A constructive approach to compliance, balancing advice and support with effective enforcement where required.
• Strong communication and partnership-working skills.
• A willingness to embrace change, learn new approaches and take ownership of your professional development.

Closing date for applications will be 1st November 2026; successful candidates will be invited for an interview.

Further details about the responsibilities and requirements of the role are contained in the job description.

Location

Covering over 365 square miles of beautiful Lincolnshire countryside, the rural villages and distinctive market towns of South Kesteven are home to around 150,000 residents. The district features:

• The beautiful and bustling Georgian town of Stamford
• The vibrant hub which is Grantham - our main office base with superb direct access to London (about an hour on the east coast main train line), Nottingham and Lincoln (about 40 mins away by car and train)
• There are two further picturesque market towns - Bourne and Market Deeping.

The district offers a great place for families to settle with access to outstanding schools, two grammar schools and a college. With generally high compliance levels and positive relationships with businesses, the district provides a strong environment in which to develop your regulatory experience while supporting new and existing operators.

Employee Benefits

We value our employees and recently there has been much emphasis to demonstrate this, ensuring a balanced lifestyle that works for you. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including:

• Fantastic new office environment above the cinema complex based in Grantham, with free staff parking whilst at work.
• Competitive leave entitlement (26 days, 31 days after 5 years local government service, plus bank holidays, pro rata).
• Financial schemes to help spread the cost of cars, bikes and technology
• Local government pension scheme.
• Access to a range of staff discount and flexible benefits schemes including gym and leisure centre membership for only £21.99/month.

South Kesteven District Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.

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