Overview
Salary: £42403 – £49498
Shift hours: 37
We are looking for a Principal Environmental Health Officer to join our Property Licensing team. You will be working under the general direction of the Head of Safer Housing and Communities and will be responsible for the day to day management of Environmental Health Officers delivering key services within the Property Licensing Team.
The full list of duties and responsibilities are in the Job description attached.
As the Principal Environmental Health Officer, leading a diverse team of Environmental Health Officers, it is essential that you have an understanding of the diverse communities and the various cultures that exist across our city as well as having substantial knowledge and understanding of Environmental Health legislation, particularly around private sector housing.
You will be an inclusive leader who values diversity and promotes a culture of respect, collaboration and continuous improvement. You will have experience in working in a political environment and a relevant environmental health environment.
As you will be leading a team of Environmental Health Officers you will need to demonstrate that you have supervisory/ management skills to manage, motivate and develop a team to achieve business goals. You will have experience in working in a political environment and a relevant environmental health environment.
We value and respect the diversity of our team and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. Within our team people from minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented across our middle-management team, as a result we would like to encourage people from minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability or who are neuro diverse.
For an informal conversation about this challenging and rewarding role, please contact Adrian.Chowns@coventry.gov.uk
When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, please include the following information in this statement:
- An example of when you have had to set stretching goals and challenge current performance levels;
- Describe a situation when you have supported and enabled customers to understand their choices and make appropriate decisions even when this may be difficult to do so.
- Provide an example of a situation or a project where you have worked strategically across services to provide an integrated and efficient service to customers.
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’
Interview date: w/c 27th May 2024
Reference: coventrycc/TP/223/9576
