East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people's lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service and communication skills to join our Council as an Environmental Health Technical Support Officer (EHTSO) on a fixed term maternity cover contract for up to 12 months.

You will be one of our EHTSOs that carry out a range of administrative support duties based within the Environmental Services team. The Environmental Service Teams consists of Officers that respond to environmental concerns and complaints in relation to Environmental Protection, Food & Safety and Health & Safety.

Your duties will include receiving and processing incoming work arriving by email, telephone, and face to face interactions, with both internal and external customers. You will also be responsible for creating and maintaining computer records using Uniform and other IT systems. This is an exciting opportunity to support our Environmental Service Team in delivering effective services across the area.

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work .

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Great opportunities for training and development
• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
• Local government pension scheme
• Free car parking (when you are working in the office)
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Please see our benefits brochure for further information .

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Ian Bentley on 01394 444679, Ian.Bentley@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Closing date: 11pm 28 August 2025

Interview date: 8 and 9 September 2025

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification Environmental Health Technical Support Officer

Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template . Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification by using each section of the person specification as a heading to structure your statement. Please give examples of how you meet the criteria. Please use the template provided as other formats will not be accepted.

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site.