Public Protection Officer - Environmental Health - Food Hygiene & Food Standards (Career Pathway)

Public Protection Officer - Environmental Health - Food Hygiene & Food Standards (Career Pathway)

Job reference: CAPA00025D1HME
Location: County Hall, Ruthin / Agile Working
Salary: Career Pathway Grades 6 – 9 (£32,597 - £42,839 per annum)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 6th July 2026

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Food Safety Team within Public Protection. These roles are ideal for individuals looking to make a meaningful impact by safeguarding public health and ensuring high standards across local food businesses.

About the Role

As part of a dedicated and professional team, you will be responsible for enforcing food hygiene, food standards and health and safety across a diverse range of food premises throughout the county and undertaking infectious disease control.

Your work will be varied and rewarding, including:
• Carrying out pro-active and reactive inspection of food premises to ensure compliance with food legislation and where appropriate take enforcement action
• Undertaking targeted project work to improve service delivery and outcomes
• Investigating complaints relating to food safety and standards
• Responding to and managing infectious disease notifications
• Working proactively with businesses to support compliance and promote best practice
• Working within other disciplines of environmental health i.e. health and safety, pollution control, housing enforcement and public health using enforcement action as necessary.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from:
• Fully qualified Environmental Health Officers with relevant experience
• Candidates with transferable skills seeking a career change
• Graduates and students looking to begin a career in Environmental Health

For those starting out, we offer a fully supported pathway to qualification, including sponsorship of both academic and practical training, enabling you to become a CIEH-registered Environmental Health Officer. Applicants will be required to enrol on and commit to either the MSc or BSc Environmental Health course commencing this autumn.

What We Offer

• A supportive and collaborative working environment
• Full sponsorship for trainees working towards CIEH registration
• Commitment to continued professional development
• Reimbursement of professional fees (CIEH)
• The opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on local communities

Join Us

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and forward-thinking local authority. You’ll gain exposure to a wide range of regulatory work, contributing directly to the protection of public health and the wellbeing of our communities.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of this post, please contact:

Andrew Lord on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk / View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or
Glesni Owen on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk / View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk

Appointment subject to satisfactory references.

What is a Career Pathway?

A Career Pathway is a development plan for an employee to progress in their career. Employees on a career pathway are supported to develop their knowledge, skills, experience and potentially gain qualifications to progress in their career in a specific area.

Career Pathways have an entry level job description which will have a lower salary, and an end level job description which will have a higher salary. A development plan is set out which clearly shows the skills, experiences, knowledge and qualifications that are needed in order to progress through the grades until you reach the end level higher salary job description.

What makes Denbighshire County Council a great place to work?

We believe the hard work and commitment of our staff should be properly rewarded, so we offer a range of benefits to help our employees achieve a work / life balance, develop in their career, and we support them in their work.

• Flexible and Agile Working - Take control of your work / life balance
• Generous annual leave entitlement - starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays) rising with length of service to a total of 32 days
• Local Government Pension Scheme - a secure pension for life
• Your Wellbeing - Supportive, caring work environment, mental health champions, and access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Your development - The chance to progress in your career, including training and promotion opportunities
• Lifestyle Savings via DCC Rewards Direct - high street shopping, holidays, days out etc
• Car salary sacrifice scheme and car leasing scheme
• Family friendly policies

To view the full list of benefits we offer, please visit:

Employee benefits will vary depending on specific job role terms and conditions.

How to Apply?

To apply for this exciting vacancy, please complete our online application form via the website, where you can also view the full job description and personal specification:

Please outline on your application form how you meet all the essential criteria for this position within your supporting statement.

Candidates must complete an application form on our website to be considered. We regret that we are unable to reply to all applications. If you have not received a reply within three weeks of the closing date, you must assume that you have not been short listed for interview.

Denbighshire County Council is committed to Equal Opportunities and its Welsh Language Standards. We welcome applications in the Welsh Language and application forms received in the Welsh Language will not be treated less favourably than an application form submitted in English.

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