At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team ensuring food safety and hygiene standards across London.
- Company: Established local authority with a focus on public health.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid working, and monthly team catch-ups.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a vibrant environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on public health while leading a dedicated team.
- Qualifications: Higher Certificate in Food Control and EHRB registration required.
The predicted salary is between 60 - 60 £ per hour.
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Rate: Up to £60 p/h
Contract: 3-Month Rolling Contract (Immediate Start)
Are you an experienced Environmental Health Officer or Qualified Food Safety Specialist looking to lead an ambitious, high-profile regulatory team in London? An established London local authority is seeking an experienced Food Safety Team Leader to manage a team of 11 officers (including EHOs and administrative support) delivering critical statutory food law enforcement functions and protecting public health across the borough.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Management & Delivery: Oversee a team of 11 officers, managing performance, allocating workloads, and ensuring the food hygiene and standards inspection programme meets Food Law Code of Practice targets.
- FHRS Management: Lead the delivery of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, including regular FSA data uploads, handling appeals, and processing right-to-reply submissions.
- Technical Guidance & Enforcement: Provide expert technical advice across food law, review legal cases, oversee statutory notice serving, and manage formal enforcement actions including prosecutions and Hygiene Emergency Prohibitions.
- Service Quality: Maintain unit policies and procedures, ensuring rigorous evidence standards, record-keeping, and compliance with national standards.
Key Requirements
- Qualifications: Higher Certificate in Food Control (Mandatory) and EHRB registration (Mandatory). A BSc/MSc in Environmental Health is desirable.
- Technical Experience: Extensive, recent local authority experience in food hygiene and food standards inspections, FHRS operations, serving statutory notices, and handling complex enforcement cases.
- Enforcement & Court Skills: Proven track record in preparing prosecution cases and exercising formal/informal enforcement powers; experience with Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notices and Court appearances is highly preferred.
- Leadership: Experience supervising or managing regulatory staff, with strong communication skills and the confidence to handle complex service requests and difficult conversations.
This role offers a competitive rate of up to £60 p/h, hybrid working flexibility with monthly team catch-ups, and the opportunity to lead a pivotal statutory service in a vibrant London authority.
Food Safety Team Leader employer: Stonehouse Recruitment
At Stonehouse Recruitment, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values the health and safety of our community. Our hybrid work culture in London promotes flexibility and work-life balance, while offering robust professional development opportunities for our employees. Join us to lead a dedicated team in making a meaningful impact on public health, all within a supportive and collaborative environment.
