Student Environmental Health Officer

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Employment Status: 6-month fixed term
Days & Hours of Work: 3 days totalling 22.8 hours (flexible on workdays)
Competitive Salary: Band 3 - $35.02 per hour + 12% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham

About Bayside City Council

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be 'sector leading' in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures. Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy emphasizes Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving — and excited about our future — as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

The Environmental Health team is seeking an Environmental Health Student to assist in delivering the team's portfolio of responsibilities. The team is responsible for the delivery and coordination of all Environmental Health Statutory functions, including food safety, infectious disease control, tobacco control, community education and nuisance complaints. This role is based on progressive learning under the support of the Environmental Health team and will perform with a limited level of autonomy to achieve unit outcomes.

You will be responsible for:

• Assisting Environmental Health Officers in delivering services to the community
• Providing a high standard of customer service to the community
• Providing high level administrative support to deliver services

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Currently studying the Graduate Diploma of Environmental Health Practice or equivalent
• Understanding and applying statutory requirements, regulations, and Council policies relevant to Environmental Health
• Ability to undertake investigations, prepare reports and correspondence as required
• Ability to work in a team as well as an individual
• Ability to manage time, set priorities, plan and organise one's own work

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check

• Dedicated staff wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts
• Learning and development opportunities for growth
• A parkland-surrounded office within 500m of the beach
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles available for work-related travel

• Review the Position Description on Bayside City Council Careers page and prepare a cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria
• Click Apply to submit your application
• If you require reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact the Hiring Manager

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Con Tsekouras on 0395 994 420 or via email ctsekouras@bayside.vic.gov.au

Note: Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and pays respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.