Interested in developing your career and join a close-knit team making a real difference in one of Scotland’s most beautiful coastal communities. Come and manage our environmental health team protecting public health, safety and wellbeing
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and manage a professional team delivering all aspects of environmental health across the east operational team, with the additional responsibility for public health, health and safety and environmental issues including private water supplies and short-term let licensing. Working flexibly, based in Helensburgh or Dunoon, you will have proven experience in managing /supervising a range of environmental health functions with good leadership, interpersonal and organisational skills and able to work on own initiative and as part of a team. We have a good track record of developing our staff, professional membership of Royal Environmental Helath Institute of Scotland and support attainment of Chartered EHO status
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued . We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
Learn more here Argyll and Bute Employee Recognition Programme, Disability Confident, Armed Forces, Fair Work First Statement, Equality and Fairness, Climate Change, Hybrid and Flexible Working Policy
Argyll and Bute Council recognises the benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver are not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
Interviews will be held in person on Thursday 8 January 2026 and/or 12 January 2026.
For more information and to apply see Environmental Health Manager (East) – ARB17180 | Argyll & Bute Council | myjobscotland
