Environmental Health Officer; Commercial

Environmental Health Officer (Commercial)

£41,306 - £46,378 p.a. Grade 5 considered £35,408 to £40,480 p.a. (Plus car allowance of £1,239 p.a.)

Grade SH06/SH05 (subject to qualifications)

Contract Maternity Cover (1 Year Fixed Term Contract)

Join Surrey Heath Borough Council for a year and be part of an organisation who is committed to delivery through meaningful community engagement and excellent customer service. We have a friendly and supportive staff culture with people who want to help make a real difference in our community for everyone that lives and works here. We welcome a culture of innovation and creativity by welcoming new ideas from everyone.

We are looking for a qualified Environmental Health Officer (EHO) to provide one year’s maternity cover to carry out and support the work of the Environmental Health & Licensing Service’s Commercial Team across a range of functions. The postholder will be required to demonstrate a good working knowledge of food safety, health and safety and public health legislation and have experience of prioritising and managing a varied caseload of local authority regulatory inspections and investigations.

(Consideration will be given to non‑EHO applicants who have the relevant Chartered Institute of Environmental Health accredited Food Inspector qualification and current competency to carry out food safety inspections starting on a SH05 salary grade).

Full details of the responsibilities of this role can be found in the Job Profile.

You will be enthusiastic, committed and self‑motivated, with good organisational skills. You must be an excellent communicator and be confident in dealing with members of the public, businesses, elected Members and other agencies. You will need a proactive approach and be able to work on your own initiative with minimal supervision, but also be able to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive public health outcomes.

A flexible approach to the work undertaken and the hours/location worked will also be needed to enable changing service priorities to be met.

All successful applicants will be subject to pre‑employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed. For the best chance of successful application, please read the Job Description and Personal Specification fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying.

We do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in recruitment, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process. If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.

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We are committed to providing a healthy work life balance for our employees, with hybrid working and other flexible working arrangements on offer. A laptop and mobile phone will be provided for your role if applicable. We offer a generous benefits package including a minimum of 23 days’ annual leave rising to 28 days after 5 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, a generous local government pension scheme, free parking for all employees and payment of a professional membership fee.

As well as subsidised gym membership at our local Places Leisure Centre and great savings from supermarkets, shopping, cycle to work scheme.

Sunday 15th March 2026

Friday 20th March 2026

For an informal discussion, please contact Frances Soper Environmental Health and Licensing Manager on Fran or Nathita Fleet Principal EHO on Nath

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Please apply online via the link provided.

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