Team Manager – Food Safety Full Time

Team Manager, Food Safety

Salary: £42,876 to £45,666 [PO6]

Waltham Forest is home to approximately 2000 food businesses. As Team Manager of the Food Safety team, the successful candidate will manage a team of Environmental Health Enforcement Officers responsible for the Enforcement of food hygiene and standards legislation in commercial food premises, the investigation of complaints from the general public and the investigation of notifiable infectious diseases. They will also play a key role in ensuring that their service is fully commercial, maximising income generation and exhausting external funding streams.

About Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is fiercely ambitious. We want to make sure each and every one of our residents enjoys a quality life in London.

Join our plans for growth

We have a hugely ambitious growth agenda and pride ourselves on being forward thinking and an organisation that sets high expectations. We are working with partners to secure investment in making our borough a better place, are progressing with plans to build 12,000 new homes by 2020, and have an ambitious £5million digital programme, with more investment to come.

Be part of the vision

Our aim is that every single Waltham Forest resident enjoys a good quality life. We have a no-nonsense approach to getting things done and are embarking on a new phase in our transformation where four key principles – resident focused, digitally driven, commercially minded and insight led – will underpin everything we do for our residents. Equal Opportunities Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 strategic outcomes contained within the Waltham Forest Council Equality Plan 2012/2015: • Promoting equality of opportunity • Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage • Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels • Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

Closing date: 18th September 2017

Shortlisting date: 18th September 2017 (Week commencing)

Interviewing date: 25th September 2017 (Week commencing)