The ACT Environmental Health team provides a wide range of regulatory roles in both State/Territory and Local Government functions. This provides a unique opportunity to gain high level experience in multiple areas of environmental Health that will provide invaluable experience in your environmental health career. As part of the team, you will be responsible for assessing food business registration and fitout applications, conducting routine food safety inspections, investigation food safety complaints and participate in the management of food poisoning outbreaks. You will gain experience in issuing enforcement documents, drafting prosecution briefs and conducting routine and three-part legal food sampling. You will also develop skills and knowledge in swimming pool and cooling tower inspections and water sampling and assessing compliance against relevant Codes of Practice. You will gain experience in responding to hoarding and squalor under the Public Health Act and attend exhumations to provide health oversight. The Environmental Health team is also responsible for assessing development applications for potential public health concerns, trapping and monitoring mosquitoes, collecting recreation water samples across 17 sites in the ACT and potable and recreational water samples in Jervis Bay. You will also be engaged and participate in quality assurance actives, reviewing Standard Operating Procedures and continuous in-house training and professional development. A training budget is also available for professional development utilising external training providers. Eligibility/Other Requirements: A Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) or similar qualification acceptable and recognised by Environmental Health Australia or a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health recognised by Environmental Health Australia Accredited courses - Environmental Health Australia Ltd. (eh.org.au) Applicants with a Bachelor of Applied Science with demonstrated/work experience as an Environmental Health Officer may be considered. Notes: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Successful applicants from interstate are eligible for reimbursement of their relocation expenses under section C18 of the Health Professional Enterprise Agreement. How to Apply: Applicants must provide a statement of claims detailing experience against the professional/technical skills and knowledge criteria as well as experience against the behavioural capability list on the position description. It is in the interests of candidates to present their application in a way that demonstrates significant outcomes associated with each of the criteria, as well as the capabilities and behaviours that underpin them. Application that do not provide a statement of claims will not be considered. A current curriculum vitae listing two referees and a copy of suitable qualifications must also be provided. Applications are restricted to two pages. Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below. Health and Community Services Health and Community Services Directorate was established on the 1 July 2025. This new directorate is an amalgamation of positions previously advertised under ACT Health Directorate and Community Services Directorate. LI-DNI Note Successful applicants from interstate are eligible for reimbursement of their relocation expenses under section C18 of the Health Professional Enterprise Agreement.
