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Your new organisationEastleigh Borough Council was recently described in its Corporate Peer Review as 'a well-run and successful Borough Council with a clear vision and ambition to shape the place and improve the lives of local people', and the Regulatory Services team are a key part of the delivery of this vision. Regulatory Services is a broad ranging area that delivers high-quality and public facing services that include food hygiene inspections, licensing activities involving animals such as dog breeders and pet shops, health and safety enforcement, responding to nuisance complaints, investigating fly-tipping, monitoring and improving air quality in the Borough, and giving expert advice to colleagues in the Planning team.Your new role at Eastleigh Borough Council
The team provides expert technical advice to the Council's Planning Team, considering factors such as noise, air quality, contaminated land, dust control, lighting, and waste management. The team also oversee the monitoring of the Council's Air Quality Management Areas and produce the Air Quality Action Plan to improve air quality for our residents and visitors.
In addition to managing the existing small team of experts and providing expert advice, the successful candidate would respond to consultations on licence applications and large events, lead in the development of new policy and guidance and represent the Council at local forums and technical working groups.Main responsibilities:
- Deliver, with the team, a professional Pollution Control service with high standards of advice and support, resolving cases of varying complexity as they arise.
- Provide expert knowledge and assist with service delivery on pollution matters including statutory nuisance, Environmental Permitting, planning consultation, land contamination, air quality, and water quality, drainage, and public health funerals. Manage pollution enforcement and carry out environmental monitoring.
- Undertake consistent and proportionate enforcement action to resolve non-compliances where appropriate. This may include the service of notices, seizure of equipment and prosecutions, representing the Council in court where formal proceedings are taken.
- Take the lead on investigations and cases of greatest difficulty and complexity.
- Keep abreast of current and proposed legislation relevant to Pollution Control.
- Effectively manage the team's budget, providing value for money services.
- Produce service plans, performance monitoring data and contribute to risk registers.
- Ensure and develop appropriate levels of quality and specialist knowledge within the Pollution Control team.
- Ensure compliance with relevant statutory regulations, legislation, professional codes of practice and adherence to council policy.
- Work with the Regulatory Services Manager on strategy and policy issues relating to pollution
What you'll need to succeedEssential:
- A degree, or have extensive, relevant experience.
- Membership with the Institute of Acoustics - MIOA, or other relevant professional body.
- Knowledge of the relevant environmental legislation.
- A detailed understanding of the planning process and how to mitigate the effects of development on pollution levels in land, air and water.
- Ability to line manage a team, setting clear priorities, monitoring processes and promptly address poor performance and behaviours.
- Significant experience in acoustics / noise pollution.
- Experience in dealing with EPR Licencing.
- Significant experience of providing advice on complex planning applications and identifying and recommending mitigations.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of environmental enforcement - gathering of evidence, issuing of notices, etc.
- An understanding of what can be used as admissible evidence and the assembling of evidence for use in prosecutions.
- A detailed understanding of Air Quality Management Plans for AQMA's.
- Experience of acting as a witness in legal proceedings.
What you'll get in return
- Competitive Salary (currently under review for an uplift) - £49,917 - £51,470
- 28 days holiday + 1 day over the Christmas period
- Flexi-working; ability to accrue up to 16 hours p/month (in line with organisations needs)
- Local government pension scheme (LGPS)
- Staff recognition awards
- Travel benefits; cycle to work and loans
- Pool cars available
- Various parental policies
- Unpaid leave / career break options
- Discounts and savings
- Professional memberships paid
- Discounts on eye tests / dental/health plans etc.
What you need to do nowIf the above interests you and you are looking to join a well-established, forward-thinking team, with the opportunity to impact important matters across the Borough, Iwould love to receive your application. Call Jack on today.
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