Environmental Health Officer

1 month ago


Melbourne, Australia Whitehorse City Council Full time

**Salary $93k - $100k per annum + 11.5% Superannuation**:

- **Part Time - 4 days per week**:

- **12 month contract**

At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do. To stay ahead of and best respond to the evolving changes and needs of the community, the organisation is undertaking an exciting journey that will transform ways of working and will empower employees to be innovative and constantly striving towards providing excellent customer experience at all times. The five pillars of our transformation focus on:

- Excellent Customer Experience and Service Delivery
- Great Organisational Culture
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Good Governance and IntegrityLong Term Financial Sustainability

**The role**:
Applications are invited from highly motivated persons with suitable experience and qualifications for the position of Environmental Health Officer for 12 months part time (0.8 FTE). With successful experience as an Environmental Health Officer already in your toolkit, you will also deliver a range of public health strategies and support services that protect, promote and enhance public and environmental health. This includes conducting risk assessments and investigations under the Food Act and Public Health and Wellbeing Act.

**About you**:

- a strong commitment to customer service, quality principles and contributing to continuous improvement
- you enjoy working in a dynamic performance based environment with supportive team members
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to build positive relationships, gain cooperation and resolve conflictstrong technical knowledge in Environmental Health.

**In return, we will offer**:
**The ability to make a difference - **Working at Whitehorse City Council you contribute to making a real difference in the lives of the community and those that live, learn, work or visit Whitehorse. Every day you really will see how the work you're involved in benefits the diverse community.

**Great working conditions **- a professional environment, friendly and supportive teams and a flexibility program that promotes employee work life balance.

**An extensive Health and Wellbeing offering **- Employee assistance program, private health insurance benefits, health checks (skin, hearing and vaccinations), discounted gym membership and facilities (e.g. Theatre, Arts, Leisure) and an active health and wellness program (e.g. stretching, healthy eating demonstrations and health challenges.

**Transformation**:

- We are in a time of transformation to stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of our community. Together, we are on an exciting journey to empower all of our employees to be innovative, and constantly strive towards continuous improvement.

**Reward & Recognition - **extensive reward and recognition program, corporate learning offerings, study assistance and comprehensive leadership development programs.

**Further Information**:
Further information is available from Louis Papageorgiou on 9262 6445. To apply, please submit a copy of your resume (max 5 pages) and one page statement addressing the selection criteria and what you would bring to the role by 26 November 2024.

**Come and join the transformation
- Download the Position Description: _

Environmental Health Officer
- City of Whitehorse is a culturally and linguistically diverse community. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of our community. We are committed to upholding a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace that values the contribution of all. _
- Whitehorse City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation. We recognise our responsibilities to keep children and young people safe from harm and have established policies, procedures and training to achieve these commitments.ABOUT US
The City of Whitehorse, located 15 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, is a culturally diverse community of almost 177,000 people. Whitehorse includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Nunawading, Blackburn, Mitcham, Forest Hill and Vermont and is characterised by quiet tree-lined residential streets, an abundance of parks, gardens and natural bushland reserves, bustling shopping centres and a diverse range of arts, cultural, sports and leisure facilities.

Whitehorse City Council provides more than 100 services and facilities across a range of areas within our community services, city development, infrastructure, corporate services and transformation directorates. Whitehorse is one of Melbourne’s largest metropolitan councils with a workforce of approximately 1300 employees and aspires to foster an inclusive, vibrant, prosperous and sustainable community. Our employees help us achieve these goals

At Whitehorse, employee health, wellbeing and development are paramount, and we aim for everyone to become the best they can be in the workplace. Benefits of working with us inc



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