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Job Purpose

We have a great opportunity for 1 Principal Environmental Protection Officer and 2 Senior Environmental Protection Officers with a strong background in animal licensing, planning, noise, waste crime, NSIPs and contaminated land.

Working Pattern - Hybrid (Depending on what work is required), 1+ weekly site visits

Main Purpose

• To deliver the full range of statutory services for which the Council is responsible in relation to environmental protection, pollution, animal licensing and public health controls.
• To work with colleagues and partners to tackle environmental crime and noise related ASB across the District.
• To protect public health, improve air, water, and land quality across the East Suffolk district and beyond.
• To provide effective regulatory advice and interventions including issuing notices, carrying out investigations and representing the council in court.
• To develop and maintain expertise in a defined technical area of the EP Team’s work, providing advice and support to colleagues in the EP team, and the wider Council and representing and advocating on the council’s behalf at the highest level, including at Court, judicial reviews, licensing and planning committees, appeals and examinations.

Key Responsibilities for Principal Environmental Protection Officer

• To work as a leading member of the Environmental Protection team providing expert knowledge in a highly specialist area of environmental regulation in two or more areas and to mentor less experienced staff in the delivery of the service.
• The role will involve day to day line management responsibility and work allocation for a small team in their specialist area of work, along with liaising with contractors and being financially responsible for defined areas of work. The role will also include assisting the Environmental Protection Manager in the recruitment and performance management of members of the team in line with ESC Policies and Procedures.
• The role will require working closely with colleagues and experts in other Service Areas across the authority, as well as providing expert advice and evidence to internal and external stakeholders and to present such evidence in various legal processes.
• The post holder will be responsible for leading on the most technically complex and/or controversial environmental regulation issues, especially those that are a corporate priority and to provide professional support and guidance for colleagues on such cases. Under the direction of the EP manager, make application to the court for orders, warrant, seizures and approve work in default.
• In representing the Council the postholder will be expected to work independently and in close collaboration with project and technical leads across the Council.
• The post holder will also be required to support the Environmental Protection Manager, deputising as required.

Key Responsibilities for Senior Environmental Protection Officer

• To support colleagues with specialist investigatory and regulatory advice in two or more specialist area of regulation, and to prepare complex formal reports, licenses, investigations, prosecution files. At this level the postholder will have a detailed understanding of the principles of Environmental Protection and Regulation, with significant experience.
• The role will involve mentoring the less experienced members of the Environmental Protection team, as well as working closely with the other team members and technical experts across the authority.

About You

• Degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification in Environmental Health or an Environmental Protection related subject.

Awareness of:

• PACE 1984.
• CPIA 1996.
• RIPA 2000.
• Human Rights Act 1998.
• Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
• General Data Protection Regulation 2016.
• FOI 2000.
• EIR 2004.
• equality, diversity and inclusion
• Safeguarding

Additional Information

Must be mobile / have access to a car to attend business meetings at other sites / locations within the district on a regular basis.
Ability to work regularly outside normal office hours, including at weekends and at night.