Operations Manager- Food

As the largest local authority in the UK, Birmingham is an interesting and unique place to work with excellent opportunities for professional development created by the challenging and varied workload. This includes over 11,000 food premises and 150 food manufacturers of which nearly 100 require approval. You will be joining a supportive, friendly, and professional team.

The successful candidate will be the Lead Food Officer as well as be responsible for a team of Environmental Health Officers undertaking investigations, conducting inspections, and enforcing food safety legislation.

Are you an experienced and passionate Environmental Health Practitioner? Are you looking for your next challenge managing a Food Safety team? Would you like to work in a large diverse city? Do you thrive in a busy environment? If so, we have got just the role for you!, As Operations Manager (Food Safety), you will have a degree/diploma in Environmental Health and be EHORB registered or a CIEH Registered Environmental Health Practitioner. You will also have the following skills and experience:

• Knowledge and practical experience in enforcement across the breadth of Environmental Health legislation.


• A skilled manager able to motivate and develop your team to deliver their objectives.


• An ability to prioritise and manage your own workload to meet deadlines in a busy environment with competing demands.


• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) including experience of writing and presenting reports to Council committees.


• Strong IT skills including experience of Environmental Health software for reporting.


• Experience of performance monitoring to help ensure teams are operating efficiently to maximise outcomes.


• Ability to work flexibly including some work outside normal officer hours.


• The requirement to drive is essential. You will be expected to travel within Birmingham for which you will be remunerated for the use of your car.


We are keen to hear from candidates who share our enthusiasm and commitment to deliver an excellent Environmental Health Service for Birmingham's residents, businesses, and visitors.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements , before any employment offer can be confirmed.