Job Description

Salary

Scale 9 (51,802-52,805) Per annum- Pay award pending

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Permanent

Job reference

REQ01042

Environmental Health Services Manager

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Scale 9 (51,802-52,805) Per annum- Pay award pending

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37 hours per week

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Permanent

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Following a restructure the Environmental Health Services are looking for an inspirational and motivational Service Manager to develop high quality, cost effective and customer focussed services that seek to protect and enhance the safety, health, and environment, striving to put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

You will be working as part of a fast paced and focused team of dedicated professionals. The Service Manager role will be an exciting opportunity to work with newly recruited Team Leaders and highly experienced officers delivering within a new structure within a department which is integral to the Council.

You will advise, give guidance, and provide day to day management of the Team Leaders within the Environmental Health Services Team. This includes, but is not limited to; commercial environmental health, nuisance, housing, contaminated land, car parking, net zero and licensing.

The recent restructure presents a unique opportunity to actively shape your team taking a proactive leadership role, guiding the department through the transition, developing skills, and becoming a role model for the team.

Applicants must have :-

Excellent, detailed, technical knowledge of a range of work areas covered by Environmental Health Services Legislation, the procedures, and functions within a Local Authority (including areas such as food safety, housing, air quality, contaminated land, and environmental permitting) and a qualification relevant to at least one work area of the role.

This role will require a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check (known as a DBS check). All offers of employment will be made conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory DBS check.

For further information about the role please see the and Person Specification.

Benefits of working with us include a Local Government Pension scheme, exciting career opportunities, flexible working including flexi-time scheme and out of town offices with free car parking and cycle bays. Further details on our benefits can be found on the Employee benefits page.

We also support hybrid working arrangements with a combination of on-site and home working.



Should you have any technical issues when applying, please email human.resources@blaby.gov.uk.

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 29

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June 2025

Interview date: Monday 7

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July 2025

Blaby District Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we welcome applications from all diversities. We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, care leavers and those in the Armed Forces. As a Disability Confident Employer and to show our commitment to Care Leavers and the Armed Forces Covenant, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme.