Principal Environmental Health Officer; Environmental Protection

Salary - £47,181 - £49,828 per annum (+ pay award pending)

Gedling is a varied borough on the edge of Nottingham, with busy urban communities, established neighbourhoods, villages, green spaces and areas of planned growth. Our Environmental Protection work has a direct impact on the places people live, work and spend time, and we are looking for an experienced Principal Environmental Health Officer to help lead that work.

As Principal Environmental Health Officer in Environmental Protection, you will lead and support the Environmental Protection function, providing technical direction, professional judgement and day-to-day supervision across a broad and important portfolio.

You will help ensure our work is risk‑based, proportionate, legally robust and focused on outcomes for residents, businesses and communities. You will also provide environmental protection input into planning and development control, helping to make sure growth across the borough is supported by appropriate advice and mitigation.

This is a supervisory role, but you will also retain your own operational area within the borough, with involvement in complex, sensitive or higher‑risk matters.

• lead and develop the Environmental Protection function
• provide expert advice on complex and high‑profile environmental issues
• support a risk‑based, intelligence‑led regulatory approach
• act as professional lead for Environmental Protection across the authority
• work closely with planning, legal services, elected members, partners and regional colleagues

• statutory nuisance, noise and wider environmental complaints
• industrial pollution control and environmental permitting
• waste crime, smoke control, Public Health Act matters and other relevant environmental protection legislation

• providing robust advice on planning and development control matters
• acting as escalation point for complex enforcement, legal and evidential issues
• representing the council at court, committees, appeals, partnership meetings and regional forums where required
• contributing to policy, strategy, service improvement and the effective day‑to‑day running of the team
• managing your own area of operations within the borough

This is an opportunity to take a visible leadership role in a service that matters to people every day, protecting public health and improving local environmental quality.

• Supportive working conditions within a friendly leisure team.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, including advice on financial and legal matters.
• Retail discounts through the Employee Assistance Programme.
• Significantly discounted gym membership at Gedling Leisure Centres.
• Training courses and professional development opportunities.
• Opportunities to deliver group exercise sessions and, if desired, start a personal training business.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Wil who is current in post.

The normal office hours are 37 per week:

Monday to Thursday 8.45 am - 5.15 pm

The postholder will be required as part of the agreed duties to work at times outside these hours at evenings, early morning, weekends and bank holidays.

Please note, you must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application; we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Closing date:
Sunday 19th July 2026 at 23:59