Environmental Health Jobs

Osborne Richardson. The UK’s leading provider of environmental health jobs.

Established in 1991, Osborne Richardson is widely accepted as the UK’s market leading recruitment agency and consultancy organisation specialising in the environmental health sector.

We cover the full spectrum of environmental health jobs  in locations across the UK. What’s more, we represent a widest variety of public sector employers, including approximately 80 per cent of all UK local authorities.

We’re also a major provider of outsourced project services for local authorities. Offering a total turnkey service, we resource, manage and deliver complete programmes of work in areas  such as food safety, health and safety, LAPPC Schedule B Processes and private sector housing.

Even more important is the Osborne Richardson philosophy. We’re 100% contractor-focused, which means your needs are our starting point. We also offer you a totally bespoke service, and respond quicklyand comprehensively.

Register now and see all Osborne Richardson can offer you. We’ll give you full access to our massive database of current vacancies, contracts and projects plus all the specialised support you need to take advantage of it.

Know the environmental health job market

At Osborne Richardson we cover every specialisation within the environmental health sector. We can help you find environmental health jobs in all four major disciplines:

• Food safety enforcement
• Health and safety enforcement
• Environmental protection and pollution
• Private sector housing

Briefly, here’s what you will be tasked with in each case:

Environmental health jobs. Food safety.

As you’d expect, you will be inspecting premises to check compliance with food safety and food hygiene legislation handling complaints about food safety, investigating cases of food poisoning and generally helping to ensure that new businesses adhere to statutory requirements.

Environmental health jobs. Health and safety enforcement.

Your primary role will be to ensure that working conditions are safe. You will be inspecting premises to check compliance with the health and safety at work legislation. You will also look into complaints about unsafe conditions and accident investigation, and may provide advice and training.

Environmental health jobs.  Environmental protection and pollution.

When you work in environmental protection and pollution, you’ll be advising on areas such as general public health issues to include noise nuisance, drainage, smoke , odour and refuse  matters as well licensing and planning permission issues. You may also give recommendations on commercial developments and outdoor events, usually with a focus on noise pollution.

Environmental health jobs. Private sector housing.

In private sector housing you’ll be concerned with the enforcement of housing legislation.  This is likely to include investigating complaints  regarding poor housing conditions  covering  fire regulations, heating, room size and facilities available using  HHSRS  ( Housing & Health Safety Rating System). The work will also  incorporate licensing of HMOs (

Houses in Multiple Occupation) and  offering advice to landlords about grants  in accordance with  relevant qualifying criteria. You will also respond to tenants private housing residential problems in areas such as drainage and vermin.

How to get ahead in your environmental health job

If you’re to succeed in your search for the right environmental health job, it’s extremely important to keep up-to-date with developments in the industry. Which means undertaking appropriate training and CPD (continuing professional development).

As the professional body for environmental health, the CIEH (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) validates and supports the environmental health profession.  All  members required to undertake a certain number of CPD hours every year to maintain their status.

To help you keep abreast of  the most updated  information and legislative changes Osborne Richardson offers you a range of in-house and external CPD courses run by approved trainers.

We have links with many training organisations such as ABC

Food Safety, and abc-courses.com and can bring you current training courses at subsidised prices.

For all latest industry information and developments visit http://www.cieh.org/.

Take the first step to your ideal environmental health job

When you register with Osborne Richardson one of our specialist consultants will assess you, focusing on your qualifications, experience, skills and training level.

With impressive specialist experience in the environmental health jobs market, they are trained to understand your key skills and objectives and only look for vacancies likely to meet them. Once you’re on our database, we will keep you updated on all relevant opportunities and generally provide the advice and assistance you need.

To preserve our integrity in a highly specialised sector like environmental health jobs, we only consider candidates with appropriate qualifications and experience. If you are an

Environmental Health professional you can be assured that registering  with Osborne Richardson will offer you only the most suitable opportunities to enhance your career.