Cadet Environmental Health Officer

Division: Planning & Place

Business Unit: Environmental Compliance

Title: Cadet Environmental Health Officer, Temporary - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week

Salary Range: Up to $62358.12 per annum + super (subject to skills and experience)

Who we are:

Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community. 

Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.

The Environmental Compliance Business Unit delivers regulation, enforcement, and education services that protect the public, the environment and groups such as residents, tenants, workers and businesses. This Business Unit is involved with the investigation and enforcement of legislation, council policy, and customer requests in relation to parking and companion animals, public health and pollution matters, building/development, land use and fire safety, as well as providing private certification services.

Northern Beaches Council is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Council acknowledges that protecting the safety of children and young people is a whole of community responsibility and is everyone’s business.

Working with us:

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development.  In this role you’ll enjoy -

• Flex System – work a 9 day fortnight 
• Work from home opportunities
• Genuine work-life balance and flexible working arrangements 
• Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment

Our opportunity:
The key focus areas of this role include:

1. Enforce legislative and Council requirements and exercise delegated authority from Council and the Chief Executive Officer in respect of a range of professional matters to ensure quality and consistency in service to external clients
2. Participate in environmental health programs, including: food, public health and environmental audits
3. Investigate enquiries/complaints from the public including the collection of appropriate evidence

About you:

• Willingness and ability to enrol in the Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) at the Western Sydney University. 
• Ability to use initiative in work, training and studies
• Awareness of environmental health issues 
• Well-developed communication, writing and problem solving skills
• Ability to travel to University workshops training and other work
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office and an ability and willingness to develop skills in the use of relevant internal software packages

In this cadetship you will:

• study a bachelor degree in environmental health at Western Sydney University by distance part-time
• have paid study leave and tutoring
• have structured on-the-job training

 
You will work in the office and out in the community:

• inspecting swimming pools, food premises, skin penetration and other businesses 
• responding to enquiries and investigating complaints
• sampling water and soil 
• educating people to protect health and the environment 

 The successful candidate will have access to a Council pool vehicle to undertake their work related functions. 

Additional Information:

• Position Description
• Applications close on: Friday 7 March 2025
• Expected Interview Date: Tuesday 18 March 2025
• Questions? Please call the Hiring Manager: James Montgomery on 02 8495 6536

Northern Beaches Council is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages applications from differently abled candidates. Reasonable adjustments to the workplace may be made where these are required.

If you would like to contact us to discuss your specific circumstances, please contact the hiring manager for this role. If you do not feel comfortable to do so, please contact HR Services on (02) 8495 5070.