Senior Environmental Protection Officer

The role 

We are currently recruiting for two Senior Environmental Protection Officers. Based in the Environmental Protection Team, you will deliver the council’s statutory obligations around pollution control, air quality, statutory nuisances, private water supplies, anti-social behaviour and enviro-crime.

This is a diverse and varied regulatory role, and you must be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of good regulatory principles and apply these across the full scope of the post duties. This will range from written advice and warnings to implementing various regulatory interventions including drafting and serving legal notices, issuing FPNs/civil penalties, provide responses as a consultee and preparing cases for court proceedings.

This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are 37 hours per week, working Monday to Friday, however some work will be required outside of normal office hours including weekends where necessary. The post is based at Morecambe Town Hall. 

Flexible working friendly – we offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and opportunity to work with your team to establish working hours to enable you to maximise your work-life balance. 

A full current UK driving licence is essential. As a result you will be required to sign up to the authorised external DVLA driving licence validation organisation that we use to manage and monitor our employees driving licence data.  

About you 

Experience of engaging with, sympathetically responding to, and supporting all members of our communities is an essential requirement of this post. You will identify with the council’s organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

This post is ideally suited if you are qualified as an Environmental Health Officer, but we are also keen to hear from candidates who have significant knowledge/training and experience working in an Environmental Protection regulatory context. 

If you have the skills to educate and effectively communicate, the enthusiasm, tenacity, and commitment to deliver appropriate regulation to improve our communities and environment with a clear focus on delivering a quality customer focused service, then we would like to hear from you.

Our Benefits

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve, and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.

Interview date: Friday, 17 January 2025.