Food, Health & Safety Officer (Neighbourhood Officer Level 1)
Salary: Grade 7 £38,510- £42,123 (Bar at £41,177) per annum pro rata
Working Hours: 35 Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Full-Time, Temporary (Until 31st March 2027)
Closing Date:23 November 2026
As a Food, Health & Safety & Airport Technical Officer, you'll deliver regulatory and enforcement activities across food safety, food standards, health and safety, and port health functions, helping to protect public health and ensure businesses comply with relevant legislation
You'll help the Food, Health & Safety & Airport Team maintain high standards of compliance and safeguard communities, ensuring proportionate and effective enforcement action is taken where required. Your work will contribute to the wider Council priorities of protecting residents, supporting businesses, improving public health outcomes, and creating safer communities across Manchester
In this role you will:
- You will work within the Greater Manchester business compliance service 2 days a week, which is based at Manchester Town Hall Extension. You will also work within our Food & Health & Safety Team 3 days a week, alongside experienced environmental health officers to help you achieve your qualification/competencies and get the real-world experience you need for a career in environmental health. During your time in our team as you develop your competencies you will be given service requests/complaints to deal with. You may also be provided with food business inspections to complete and to support Officers with the wide range of work that we deal with. This will all help to support your development. The Food & Health & Safety Team are based in Gorton, Manchester.
- Undertake inspections, audits and official controls at food businesses to assess compliance with food hygiene, food standards and relevant health and safety legislation.
- Contribute to food and environmental sampling programmes, including the collection, interpretation and reporting of sample results.
- Investigate complaints, incidents, service requests and non-compliance matters, taking appropriate enforcement action in accordance with legislation and Council policies.
- Work with colleagues, businesses, regulatory partners, Greater Manchester authorities and external agencies to deliver effective regulatory outcomes and multi-agency initiatives.
- Support project work, export certification processes, specialist registration inspections and wider regulatory activities across the service.
For queries about the role, please contact the hiring manager, Susan Brown/ Carmel Hughes, at susan.brown@manchester.gov.uk/carmel.hughes@manchester.gov.ukto arrange a convenient time to discuss the role. This route is for vacancy-related enquiries only and should not be used to submit applications. This route is for vacancy-related enquiries only and should not be used to submit applications.
We're looking for a motivated and organised professional with a strong interest in regulatory services and protecting public health. You'll be able to interpret and apply legislation, communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, and make sound decisions based on evidence and professional judgement. You will demonstrate a commitment to continuous professional development, excellent customer service, and the Council's values of collaboration, fairness and accountability.
We'll use the following essential criteria to decide which candidates to invite to assessment. Use your personal statement to provide evidence of how you meet each one, supported by relevant examples:
- Hold a BSc or MSc in Environmental Health and demonstrate a willingness to work towards the food safety competencies and professional requirements set out in the Food Law Code of Practice, including Registered Environmental Health Practitioner status.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of, food safety, food standards and relevant health and safety legislation, together with the practical application of regulatory and enforcement principles.
- Ability to investigate, analyse and interpret complex information, make evidence-based decisions, and communicate regulatory requirements clearly and effectively to a range of audiences.
- Demonstrable organisational, partnership-working and ICT skills, with the ability to manage a varied workload, maintain accurate records and provide excellent customer service. Good Communication skills- written and verbal.- We are a frontline service - it is essential that you can communicate well with eg businesses and colleagues and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes for the service.
If you’re invited to assessment, we’ll look at a wider range of the role requirements. For more detail, please see the role profile.
Food, Health & Safety Officer (Neighbourhood Officer Level 1) in Manchester employer: Manchester City Council
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