Environmental Health Operations Officer

Your new company
A large and well-established local authority is seeking an experienced Environmental Operations Manager to support the delivery of key public realm and environmental services across one of the UK's largest cities. The organisation is driving significant change through a major waste transformation programme, focused on improving recycling rates, reducing waste and enhancing environmental quality for residents.
This is an opportunity to join a high-profile service area that works closely with councillors, local communities and frontline operational teams to address environmental issues across the city.
Your new role
As Environmental Operations Manager, you will lead and manage a team responsible for protecting public health and the local environment, whilst supporting the delivery of a newly established local investigations function.

The role will involve coordinating responses to environmental and public realm issues across multiple service areas, including waste, highways, environmental enforcement and community concerns. Working closely with stakeholders, councillors and operational teams, you will ensure environmental issues are identified, investigated and resolved efficiently.

Key responsibilities include:

Managing and developing environmental and enforcement teams
Overseeing environmental health and regulatory service operations
Coordinating multi-service responses to environmental issues and public complaints
Working closely with elected members and senior stakeholders
Monitoring team performance, workloads and service delivery targets
Managing investigations, enforcement activity and operational projects
Supporting the delivery of waste reduction and recycling initiatives
Preparing reports, performance data and service updates
Managing budgets, resources and procurement requirements
Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, policies and best practice
What you'll need to succeed

Proven experience managing environmental, regulatory, public realm or local authority operational services
Strong leadership experience with responsibility for teams, performance management and service delivery
Sound knowledge of Environmental Health, environmental regulation or enforcement functions
Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including local authorities, councillors and community groups
Excellent problem-solving and organisational skills
Experience delivering service improvement programmes and operational change initiatives
Strong understanding of environmental legislation, compliance and enforcement processes
Full UK driving licence
What you'll get in return

£475 per day
Long-term contract opportunity
Hybrid working arrangement with flexibility for the right candidate
Opportunity to play a key role in a major city-wide transformation programme
Exposure to high-profile environmental and operational projects
Collaborative working environment with significant stakeholder engagement
The chance to make a direct impact on environmental quality and public services

What you need to do now
If you're an experienced Operations Manager with a background in environmental services, environmental health, regulatory enforcement or public sector operations, we'd love to hear from you.

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