Our client is currently recruiting for a Health Protection Officer (Food Inspections) to join their team in Northamptonshire.

In this role you the job holder will be responsible to conduct food hygiene inspections and hazard spotting health and safety issues. The food hygiene inspections of Category A & D premises.

Duties:

* To carry out statutory food safety at local businesses in accordance with current law, procedures, policy and guidance; within agreed timescales and occasionally outside of normal working hours.

* Using problem solving skills, make decisions and take action where appropriate to ensure that businesses comply with the relevant law.

* To effectively manage personal workloads and maintain accurate and comprehensive records/notes of activities carried out and ensure that they are retrievable.

Person Specification:

* Understanding of the Food Law Code of Practice Competency Framework to demonstrate the ability to carry out relevant Official Controls i.e. Inspection, Audit, Sampling for analysis, Monitoring, Surveillance and Verification

* Experience in the delivery of a range of Food Safety Official Controls detailed in the Food Law Code of Practice within the last 3-years.

* Experience in the delivery of a range of the Health & Safety National/Local Priority interventions detailed in LAC 67/2 within the last 3-years.

* Post-qualification specialism in food safety and/or health & safety enforcement.

* Working in local government.

This will be an immediate start so candidates will ideally be available straight away.

If this role is of particular interest then please do apply immediately.

Location: Northampton and the Towcester/Daventry hubs field based

Rate of Pay: Up to £50 per hour Umbrella

Working Hours: Part Time - 25 hours per week - Flexible across days/evenings

Type: Temporary Role - 10 Weeks