Food Safety Team Leader

Food Safety Team Leader

Location: London (Hybrid Working)

Rate: Up to £60 p/h

Contract: 3-Month Rolling Contract (Immediate Start)

Are you an experienced Environmental Health Officer or Qualified Food Safety Specialist looking to lead an ambitious, high-profile regulatory team in London?

An established London local authority is seeking an experienced Food Safety Team Leader to manage a team of 11 officers (including EHOs and administrative support) delivering critical statutory food law enforcement functions and protecting public health across the borough.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Management & Delivery: Oversee a team of 11 officers, managing performance, allocating workloads, and ensuring the food hygiene and standards inspection programme meets Food Law Code of Practice targets.
• FHRS Management: Lead the delivery of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, including regular FSA data uploads, handling appeals, and processing right-to-reply submissions.
• Technical Guidance & Enforcement: Provide expert technical advice across food law, review legal cases, oversee statutory notice serving, and manage formal enforcement actions including prosecutions and Hygiene Emergency Prohibitions.
• Service Quality: Maintain unit policies and procedures, ensuring rigorous evidence standards, record-keeping, and compliance with national standards.

Key Requirements

• Qualifications: Higher Certificate in Food Control (Mandatory) and EHRB registration (Mandatory). A BSc/MSc in Environmental Health is desirable.
• Technical Experience: Extensive, recent local authority experience in food hygiene and food standards inspections, FHRS operations, serving statutory notices, and handling complex enforcement cases.
• Enforcement & Court Skills: Proven track record in preparing prosecution cases and exercising formal/informal enforcement powers; experience with Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notices and Court appearances is highly preferred.
• Leadership: Experience supervising or managing regulatory staff, with strong communication skills and the confidence to handle complex service requests and difficult conversations.

Why Join?

This role offers a competitive rate of up to £60 p/h, hybrid working flexibility with monthly team catch-ups, and the opportunity to lead a pivotal statutory service in a vibrant London authority.

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