Environmental Enforcement Officer

Kingdom Local Authority Support (Kingdom)

On average 40 - 50 hours per week + overtime, 1 hour unpaid lunch per day. Monday to Friday (with Rotational Weekends). Various shifts between 07.00 - 19.00.

Salary: £12.20 - £16.00 per hour - Weekly pay. 

This is a temporary assignment with the potential of turning into a permanent role, working in Ealing, W5 area.

Kingdom Local Authority Support (Kingdom)is the leading, most experience and largest supplier to Local Authorities providing services to tackle environmental crime, including littering, fly tipping business waste compliance, anti-social behaviour, and illegal street trading. Kingdom provides accredited training packages, career development plans (with 100% of our management team proving their worth as officers before being promoted) and are the most experienced provider, ensuring for the best-in-class training to upskill our teams in all relevant legislation and operational knowledge. Kingdom has a vision to make the UK a cleaner, safer, and greener place to live. To support us in achieving our vision we are currently recruiting an Environmental Enforcement Officer in your area.

We have on average 40 - 50 hours per week available for a Flexible Temporary Worker plus overtime.

Job Purpose:

To assist in the day-to-day monitoring and enforcement of environmental issues, anti-social behaviour and contraventions of relevant legislation working alongside the Local Authority and Kingdom.

The key roles of this post will include:

• Foot patrols of on and off-street areas, inspecting public areas, identifying contraventions, and issuing Fixed Penalty Notices using a handheld terminal (EDA - Electronic Digital Assistant) or manual systems when necessary, reporting any environmental, Anti-social behaviour and community safety problems to relevant departments where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate records of activities, Fixed Penalty Notices issued, and evidence required for court proceedings.
• Attend Court proceedings to support prosecutions where required.
• Maintain a suitable level of knowledge of relevant legislation (including but not limited to Cleaner Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005, Environmental Protection Act 1990, PACE 1984, RIPA 2000)
• Undertake administrative duties as required, ensuring that correct audit procedures and security arrangements are followed.
• Synchronise FPN (Fixed Penalty Notice) and photographic evidence from handheld terminals and/or digital cameras.
• Download and manage video evidence from Body-Worn Video Devices
• Such other responsibilities allocated which are appropriate to the grade of the post.

Communication:

Uses appropriate methods to express information in a clear and concise way to make sure people understand.

Flexibility:

Adapts to change and works effectively in a variety of situations and all weathers.

Learning and Development:

We have an informative and practical course aimed at aspiring environmental officers, our training gives a greater insight into the daily duties required to become an environmental enforcement officer, current Legislation and the communication and interaction aspect of the role.  We engage participation via practical activities, the use of videos and observations whilst gaining a recognised qualification in environmental awareness. 

This is a challenging but rewarding role and if you are passionate about the environment and supporting the local community, this role will enable you to make a real difference.

What is included in your agreement with us?

We generally operate as an Agency and Employment Business, as referred to in the regulations in our ‘agreement for work finding services,’ and we are in the business of providing recruitment services to Client’s looking for workers, and work finding services to candidates seeking work. With the opportunity to transfer to a full-time Kingdom contract.

• Full PAYE status.
• Eligible for SSP/SMP.
• Weekly pay every Friday.
• Holiday pay.
• The ability to claim and be paid legitimate HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs) work/travel related expenses each week. For further information visit Claim tax relief for your job expenses: Travel and overnight expenses - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Company Pension - NEST (Automatically enrolled if eligible – with a one month opt out period)

If you would like to be a part of the Kingdom family of services, please apply now.