Environmental Protection Officer – District Team

An extremely exciting opportunity as arisen for you to join Sheffield City Council Environmental Protection Service working in the Public Protection Team. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Officer to join a dynamic, forward thinking and established team to carry out a combination of investigative and advisory duties including enforcement.

The District Team are responsible for dealing with environmental protection and statutory nuisance issues at domestic premises which on occasions you will need to liaise with other departments within the Council including partner agencies. Aspects of our work include noise associated, bonfires and artificial light nuisance, high hedges complaints, filthy properties and hoarding complaints, accumulation of waste in gardens, drainage defect and investigations including rural septic tanks as well as complaints about smoke from wood or multifuel stoves and illegal encampments.

It is essential that you can work as part of a team but also on your own displaying excellent communication skills with the ability to prioritise and manage your own workload.

This post is hybrid working in line with Sheffield City Council Policy. The appointed person will be required to attend the office on a rota basis including service requirements throughout the calendar month.

The post requirements are to enforce the environmental and anti-social behaviour issues Southeast of central Sheffield, but you may also have to cover other areas of the city as and when required.

You must have extensive experience in the serving of legal enforcement notices, preparing legal cases for court or for warrant applications, fully understand and show evidence of working with legislation designed to act against environmental protection issues as mentioned above, be able to demonstrate evidence of thorough and accurate investigations including leading interviews under PACE conditions as well as be a great communicator, team player and can create and forge links with SCC services and external partners.

Possession of a recognised qualification in Environmental Health Studies is an essential requirement of the role.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.