Technical Scientific Officer

North London

Full Time - Permanent

£39,276 - 42,771 per annum

To provide technical professional services to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents, businesses, visitors and employees in Barnet; working with businesses to help them comply with their legal duties. Providing assistance, advice and using available statutory powers to carry out all manners of inspection to keep people safe and to maintain professional and legal standards. Achieving your full potential in delivering high quality services ensuring that the Council discharges their statutory obligations.

Key Accountabilities

• Providing high quality, timely and accurate professional/technical advice, guidance and information about any work matter to customers, colleagues, members of the public, Elected Members (Councillors), Senior Managers, solicitors, architects, surveyors and other professionals in a clear format that is understandable and appropriate.
• Delivering, as directed, a range of services in accordance with legislation, codes of practice, corporate policies, local systems, policies and guidance and good professional practice.
• Range of activities for officers will include but is not limited to: low level inspections, projects, audits/surveys, alternative enforcement activities, publicity, other meetings, processing applications, visits, investigating complaints and service requests, monitoring, gathering evidence, if appropriate, taking statements, preparing reports and briefing notes for managers and determining appropriate action.
• Inspecting the district to which you are assigned to keep informed of the regulatory circumstances therein; analysing areas of work, problem solving, making recommendations to the Team leader, taking appropriate action and liaising with the officers in the team (and other teams) as necessary.

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices.

We are an equal opportunity agency.