Noise & Pollution Environmental Health Officer

Salary: £46,006 - £52,329
Grade: Level 4 Zone 1
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG    
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (36 Hours)         
Closing Date:  Sunday 23rd August at 23:59

Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion 

About us
In Camden we are building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. We’re home to UK’s fast-growing economy and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Camden is flourishing and is a vibrant place to live and work with a prestigious entertainment industry and a dynamic approach to the modernisation of the environment. This is an ideal opportunity for a driven and committed individual to join Camden’s busy Noise and Pollution team and work in partnership with stakeholders to protect citizens from the negative impacts of noise and pollution to enable them to live and work in a properly regulated, safe, pleasant, and peaceful environment.

The role
Operating with Camden’s daytime noise and pollution team, this role incorporates the wide-ranging regulation relating to noise, nuisance and pollution including but not limited to construction/licensed applications/domestic noise/planning applications/environmental pollution and contaminated land.

We are seeking an experienced fully qualified and authorised officer to join our dynamic noise and pollution team.  You will take responsibility for delivering the full range of noise and pollution functions. In addition, you will provide resilience for the wider ambitions of the Public Protection service to respond flexibly to deliver a broad range of environmental health and public health functions as required.

You will take a lead role and personal responsibility for the investigation and resolution of complaints and service requests in relation to pollution. This will require routine and unplanned site visits and inspections to ensure compliance with relevant legislation. You will investigate, negotiate, and mediate between parties and where necessary use the full range of legal enforcement powers including making cases and presenting evidence in court and at licensing and planning committees to deliver positive outcomes. You will also develop and deliver special projects, policy, and research on areas of expertise and/or functional activity within the service.  The role includes a substantial amount of autonomy, report writing, resolution, preventative and advisory work.

The role is based in an enabled and empowered team-focused service where all officers are expected to work flexibly to meet evolving services demands. You will work as one team to assist in the development of a culture where knowledge and experience is shared, and responsibility for making decisions on complex issues is shared where appropriate. This will include deputising for managers in the services as appropriate. 

About You

You will hold relevant specialist qualifications (BSc/MSc or Diploma in Environmental Health and the EHRB Certificate of Registration or equivalent relevant qualifications and experience) and be competent in the full range of noise and pollution requirements. You will ideally also hold relevant qualifications/experience in one or more of the pollution specialisms such as noise and nuisance, contaminated land, environmental permitting.

You will have an excellent knowledge/understanding of the legislative framework relevant to the team and experience in its application to casework to deal with difficult and complex cases, effectively resolve and deliver innovative interventions, prepare complex legislative documentation, report and recommend enforcement action as well attending court, prepare detailed and accurate written and verbal responses in relation to casework. 

To succeed, you will bring a track record of working collaboratively with internal and external partners, demonstrating good outcome focussed customer care and communication skills to identify innovative and creative approaches to complaints and Camden objectives. You will have the ability to take an organised approach to your own workload whilst dealing with conflicting priorities and to ensuring a customer service focused approach.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Job Profile.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working opportunities;

Interest free loans

Access to our incredible staff networks

Career development and training

Wellbeing support and activities

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.