Salary: £47,181- £51,356 per annum
Grade: M
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (37 hours)
Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Are you passionate about protecting the environment and promoting public health?
Do you have a strong commitment to making a positive impact on communities and wish to lead a team of officers?
If so, you are just what we are looking for!
Our Service
Regulatory services are unique and offer the chance for you to have a fascinatingly diverse and positive career within environmental health.
As the largest county by area in the country, the communities we serve include rural villages and hamlets, vibrant market towns, seaside resorts, and national parks. Within these communities are a large range of businesses, ranging from microbusinesses right up to large enterprises.
Both our communities and businesses engage with us well and understand the importance of what our service does, enabling us to dedicate more of our time to making a difference for our residents. This positive engagement from our communities is underpinned by our commitment to excellent customer service, we listen and are dedicated to ensuring the experience of our customers is a positive one.
The role
The Senior Environmental Health Officer role in Environmental Protection leads on complex regulatory, public health, and environmental protection work, ensuring communities are safe, healthy, and compliant with statutory requirements. The role combines technical expertise with leadership, managing and supporting a team of technical officers and contributing to strategic service development. As an SEHO within the Environmental Protection team, you will:
· Investigate and provide guidance on complex complaints related to noise and other statutory nuisances.
· Undertake the daily supervision and management of a team of technical officers whilst also providing support and mentoring of less experienced officers on technical and professional aspects of the role.
· Respond to consultations from licensing and planning departments and attend licence and planning committee hearings/enquiries when required
· Act as a resource of expertise, experience and knowledge in Environmental Protection work
· Assist in the formulation of strategy, policy and procedures
For more details, please see our Job Descriptions.
What you will bring
You will have a Degree in Environmental Health (BSc or MSc), be a qualified Environmental Health Officer registered by the Environmental Health Registration Board and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. You will ideally hold a post graduate specialist qualification, for example the Diploma in Acoustics and/or a management or coaching qualification.
The successful applicant will also have:
· At least four years of experience of working within Environmental Health and of managing conflict and complaints informally and formally.
· Extensive knowledge of current environmental health legislation and practice and of the relationship with other public agencies, knowledge of Police and Criminal Evidence Act and experience of court proceedings.
· A high level of investigative, analytical, and interpretative skills and have the ability to make fast paced decisions based upon evidence presented within an ever-changing environment.
· Experience of mentoring, training and supporting less experienced officers
· An understanding of the political context and the ability to operate sensitively and efficiently within a political environment.
You will be a confident communicator with strong report-writing and analytical skills and able to work independently managing a team of officers with a varied and busy caseload, often working at more than one office base.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, North Yorkshire Council offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
· a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
· salary sacrifice schemes
· employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
· travel loans
· Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.
Contact and Apply
If you are interested in learning more about our opportunity, please contact Tim Croot on 07483 396753 or tim.croot@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal conversation.
Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Key dates
Closing date: 26 April 2026
Interview date: 08 or 11 May 2026
Key documents:
NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Council’s purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.