Job Opportunity: EH Officer- Food and Safety Officer - Graduate EHO
Vacancy reference
ECR000496
Salary
Environmental Health Officer /Food and Safety Officer - Grade 9 - £38,220 – 39,862 per annum
Or Graduate Environmental Health Officer – Food and Safety Team - Grade 8 to 9 £34,434 - 37,280, per annum
Hours
37 hours a week
Contract
Permanent
Location
Castle House, Newcastle-under-Lyme
About the job
Do you want to make a real difference to our community? To protect the public, and help businesses comply with their legal responsibilities.
If so then, we have an exciting role available at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council that will give you the chance to start or develop your career within environmental health.
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic professional.
Do you have a passion for Food Hygiene and Safety, protecting the public and helping businesses comply with the law?
This role is open to professionals with qualifications and experience within the Food and Safety teams’ responsibilities.
You will be part of a busy, small, professional team, that values collaboration and continuous development.
This provides a great opportunity for a varied workload undertaking food and safety and health and safety inspections and interventions, including approved premises.
Using professional judgement to provide clear advice and undertake enforcement action where necessary alongside investigating complaints and sampling.
There will be lots of opportunities to develop and enhance your knowledge and skills within the team.
see job description and person specification for further details.
Although most work is undertaken in core office hours you will be expected to work flexibly and routinely outside of core office hours to ensure service delivery.
Why work for us?
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a borough with big ambitions. We’ve already started our transformation, however, we still need to find better ways of doing things because we are determined to do the very best we can for our communities.
If our vision is to be the best, then we need the best people working for us. Our people are at the heart of what we do and have the freedom to innovate, grow and develop. We recruit people who share our vision and values; people who have the drive to deliver our ambitious Council plan.
Our historic Borough is a place of marked contrasts. We are the home of a world class University at Keele, a leading light known internationally for its research and sustainability record, which stands side by side with former mining communities including some which register amongst the most deprived areas in the country. Our Borough is also a mixture of urban centres, affected by some of the same social issues facing our neighbouring city, Stoke-on-Trent, but also outstanding rural landscapes in our less populated villages. Our plans and priorities aim to address the needs of all our communities.
Our People Offer
We reward our people with a competitive range of benefits including; access to the local government pension scheme, minimum 24 days annual leave plus 5 extra days after 5 years' service, flexible working options and family friendly policies, local and national high street discounts, free car parking, wellbeing support including £12.50 per month Jubilee2 membership , green travel scheme including cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice, free employee 24 hour employee assistance and counselling services, flu vaccination service and health checks plus development and training opportunities.
Contact
Should you wish to have an informal discussion in relation to this opportunity contact: Lucy Atherton. Food & Safety Lead, on 01782 742123 or lucy.atherton@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
Closing date
5pm on Thursday 12 February 2026
Should we receive a large number of applications, then this post could close sooner than the date stated.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.
Interview date
Thursday 19 February 2026
Supporting documents and information
Download the job description and person specification
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the interview or assessment process please contact our People team (humanresources@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk)
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, armed forces and care leavers. As such we offer an interview guarantee scheme where you meet the minimum criteria for the role. By minimum criteria we mean you must provide us with evidence in your application and supporting information which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of skills and experience defined in the person specification and as indicated by the Disability Confident symbol.
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