South Lanarkshire Council (Planning & Regulatory Services; Environmental Services) are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, self-motivated Team Leader who can accept and tackle demanding goals to ensure effective service delivery. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and driving forward specialist areas of work or projects, undertaking background research, data collection and analysis for the implementation of complex, sensitive or specialist Environmental Services functions and service performance. In addition, you will allocate work in accordance with the service plan, taking into account the effective use of resources, supervising officers to ensure that work is progressed and service plan targets are achieved.
The successful applicant will be based in the Environmental Crime Team (covering Enforcement of Fly Tipping, Littering, Dog Fouling and delivery of the Stray Dog Service).
This Team has recently been successful in attracting additional members of Enforcement Staff (Temporary Funding) and is going through a period of expansion and enhanced enforcement in specific areas (notably Fly Tipping Enforcement).
This position is open to both internal and external applicants, ideally with criminal enforcement experience and it would be an advantage if you have related enforcement experience and technical awareness within the areas highlighted.
This is a permanent post and you could be asked to fulfil roles undertaken by Environmental Health Officer’s (EHO’s) and Team Leader level positions within the Service. Therefore, it would also be an advantage if you are applying for this post as an EHO. If you are, you should hold the relevant Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent, namely the REHIS (Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland – REHIS) Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health (or equivalent) which allows you to legally use the protected title in Scotland.
For additional information please contact David Duffy Divisional Environmental Health Officer at david.duffy@southlanarkshire.gov.uk or via 0303 123 1015.
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