Salary
Grade 6: £28,142 – £31,022 (£14.59 per hour). Competitive salary with a fair and transparent pay structure and nationally agreed annual pay awards. Career growth pathways, starting on Grade 6 and progressing to Grade 8 once fully qualified.
Role Overview
Join a dynamic Environmental Health Team at the forefront of safeguarding communities and the environment. In this graduate trainee role, you will gain hands-on experience across all areas of Environmental Health while contributing to the delivery of the Council’s Public Protection Service. You will develop skills under the supervision of qualified professionals, progressing towards managing your own caseload as you work towards full professional qualification and Registered Environmental Health Practitioner status.
Key Responsibilities and Learning Areas
Rotate across teams and activities to build a comprehensive portfolio of real-world experience, including:
- Food safety and standards
- Health and safety
- Communicable disease control
- Port health
- Domestic public health
- Pollution control
- Private sector housing
- Licensing
Activities may include inspecting sites, investigating complaints, providing guidance to businesses, supporting enforcement, and contributing to public health initiatives.
Career Progression
On successful completion of the programme of practical training, evidence portfolio, and professional interview to register with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) as a Registered Environmental Health Practitioner, you will automatically progress to a permanent Grade 8 Environmental Health Practitioner role within the Food Safety and Standards Team.
What We Are Looking For
- BSc (Hons) or MSc in Environmental Health (for the Grade 6 role)
- Commitment to achieving Registered Environmental Health Practitioner status and completing the EHP Portfolio
- Aptitude for investigative techniques and proficiency with IT systems
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex information clearly
- Strong organisation, adaptability, and the ability to balance priorities effectively
- Particular interest in food safety and standards
Why Choose Us?
Diverse Learning Opportunities
Gain broad experience across core Environmental Health disciplines to build a robust professional foundation.
Mentorship and Development
Work under the guidance of experienced practitioners, developing the competencies needed to manage your own caseload and achieve full professional status.
Impactful Work
Make a tangible difference in public protection and environmental sustainability through inspections, investigations, and advisory work.
Employee Benefits
- 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years’ continuous service (pro rata)
- 8 additional public holidays (pro rata)
- Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
- Employee Volunteering Scheme (up to three days paid time off to volunteer)
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (career average defined benefit) with 15.5% employer contribution for 2025/26
- Wide range of Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing resources, including in-house Occupational Health
- Extensive learning resources and clear career growth pathways
- Generous occupational maternity and paternity pay plans (above statutory)
- Salary sacrifice car and cycle schemes
- Access to a wide range of discounts and offers
- Opportunity to live and work in a beautiful part of the country
- Occupational sick pay (dependent on length of service)
- Flexible and smarter working opportunities
- Relocation package for eligible candidates
Working Environment
Office-based with regular visits to a variety of indoor and outdoor workplaces.
Application Information
- Application closing date: 27 August 2025
- Anticipated interview dates: To be confirmed
- Welsh language skills: Desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.
Employment Checks
Where appropriate for the role, personal information may be shared with fraud prevention agencies for the purposes of preventing fraud, malpractice, or other seriously improper conduct, and to verify identity. If concerns are identified, this could affect employment.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority. The Council’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy sets out responsibilities for all staff and partners to ensure vulnerable people are supported and as safe as possible. Safeguarding is everyone’s business.
Additional Information
- Local Government employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; salaries stated reflect the rates applicable at the time of advertising.
- Where posts are at risk, prior consideration may be given to suitable, redeployed employees who meet the person specification.
