Apprentice Environmental Health Officer
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Leicestershire (LE10 0FR)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 1 September 2025)
Posted on 18 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Studying the Environmental Health Degree apprenticeship at the University of Wolverhampton you will learn a range of knowledge, skills and behaviours that support the work of Private Sector Housing and Environmental Services teams.
- Wage
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£24,796 a year
- Training course
- Environmental health practitioner (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4:30pm with attendance at university as required by the apprenticeship.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
This is a rare opportunity to join our Private Sector Housing team on this funded Degree program, learning a range of housing and Environmental Health duties including:
- Technical and administrative support
- Housing and tenancy advice
- Delivering financial assistance programme for homeowners and private tenants
- Making sure that homes are safe to live in
- Checking the conditions of accommodation, including houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and:
- Tackling rogue landlords, to name just a few.
- Opportunities will also be provided to work within and gain valuable experience in each of the other disciplines of Environmental Health and Licencing functions at the council.
Where you'll work
Hinckley Hub
Rugby Road
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 0FR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON
Training course
Environmental health practitioner (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Provide specialist, professional and technical environmental health advice and guidance to a range of stakeholders such as residents, businesses, property owners, government agencies and partners
- Plan, undertake and lead inspections, audits and other forms of investigations across the breadth of environmental health matters
- Evaluate applications and grant relevant licences and permits eg. environmental permits, HMOs, caravan sites, skin piercing, tattooists etc
- Negotiate with and influence a range of stakeholders in relation to a range of environmental health matters
- Identify, evaluate and communicate environmental health risks and risk management solutions to a range of stakeholders
- Ensure all activities are undertaken in accordance with relevant legislation, guidance and codes of practice
- Infer and apply a range of legislation related to environmental health, eg. the Environment Act, Environmental Protection Act, the Health and Safety at Work Act, Food Safety Act, Housing Act, Public Health Act, Police and Criminal Evidence Act, data protection legislation, anti-social behaviour legislation etc
- Employ a range of research, analytical and problem-solving techniques to resolve environmental health issues through creative and critical thinking, devising practical solutions and applying problem solving strategies
- Critically evaluate and analyse evidence and information
- Formulate judgements and decisions based on the evidence available and applied knowledge eg. on acceptable levels of pollution emissions, water data, acceptable levels of noise etc
- Manage objective measurement and analysis of scientific information to determine the appropriate course of action eg. noise measurement, air emissions etc
- Appraise, implement and communicate relevant interventions eg. enforcement actions
- Produce accurate records and reports and where appropriate, recommend interventions, including the collection and handling of evidence with a view towards legal proceedings
- Assess and deal effectively with difficult and confrontational situations
- Participate in health promotional activities in high priority environmental health areas eg. shisha, smoking, obesity, food safety etc
- Implement effective decision making, exercising discretion, initiative and independence within the scope of own role
- Communicate and influence effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders including spoken and written communication skills, presentation skills, giving advice and guidance / mediating / negotiating and persuading, handling private and sensitive information (eg. data protection)
- Use a range of standard IT packages to undertake for example, word processing activities, produce reports and input / analyse data
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary and/or multi-organisational team and collaborate to achieve successful outcomes
- Lead activities relating to environmental health matters
- Carry out sampling and collect evidence for monitoring, investigations and/or enforcement purposes in accordance with legislation and current guidance
- Examine and assess compliance with conditions
- Plan, organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines
- Provide specialist, professional and technical environmental health advice and guidance to a range of stakeholders such as residents, businesses, property owners, government agencies and partners
- Plan, undertake and lead inspections, audits and other forms of investigations across the breadth of environmental health matters
- Evaluate applications and grant relevant licences and permits eg. environmental permits, HMOs, caravan sites, skin piercing, tattooists etc
- Negotiate with and influence a range of stakeholders in relation to a range of environmental health matters
- Identify, evaluate and communicate environmental health risks and risk management solutions to a range of stakeholders
- Ensure all activities are undertaken in accordance with relevant legislation, guidance and codes of practice
- Infer and apply a range of legislation related to environmental health, eg. the Environment Act, Environmental Protection Act, the Health and Safety at Work Act, Food Safety Act, Housing Act, Public Health Act, Police and Criminal Evidence Act, data protection legislation, anti-social behaviour legislation etc
- Employ a range of research, analytical and problem-solving techniques to resolve environmental health issues through creative and critical thinking, devising practical solutions and applying problem solving strategies
- Critically evaluate and analyse evidence and information
- Formulate judgements and decisions based on the evidence available and applied knowledge eg. on acceptable levels of pollution emissions, water data, acceptable levels of noise etc
- Manage objective measurement and analysis of scientific information to determine the appropriate course of action eg. noise measurement, air emissions etc
- Appraise, implement and communicate relevant interventions eg. enforcement actions
- Produce accurate records and reports and where appropriate, recommend interventions, including the collection and handling of evidence with a view towards legal proceedings
- Assess and deal effectively with difficult and confrontational situations
- Participate in health promotional activities in high priority environmental health areas eg. shisha, smoking, obesity, food safety etc
- Implement effective decision making, exercising discretion, initiative and independence within the scope of own role
- Communicate and influence effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders including spoken and written communication skills, presentation skills, giving advice and guidance / mediating / negotiating and persuading, handling private and sensitive information (eg. data protection)
- Use a range of standard IT packages to undertake for example, word processing activities, produce reports and input / analyse data
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary and/or multi-organisational team and collaborate to achieve successful outcomes
- Lead activities relating to environmental health matters
- Carry out sampling and collect evidence for monitoring, investigations and/or enforcement purposes in accordance with legislation and current guidance
- Examine and assess compliance with conditions
- Plan, organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines
Training schedule
The typical duration for this degree apprenticeship is four years and requires one day of attendance per week (for 24 weeks a year with typically 2 one-week modules over the summer period) and studying other days through a work-based learning mode.
The course requires you to complete all modules in order to achieve a successful completion. All modules have to be completed in order to successfully complete the Apprenticeship.
On successful completion you will be awarded a BSc (Hons) Environmental Health degree.
More training information
For further details please visit https://www.wlv.ac.uk/courses/apprenticeship-courses/environmental-health-practitioner-apprenticeship/
*Please note:
Interviews will be held on 1 September 2025 at Hinckley Hub.
The course will start 22 September 2025.
Candidates must complete remote onboarding tasks and enrolment between being offered the apprenticeship position and the course start date. There will be a requirement to attend the university in person on one occasion closer to the course start date to complete enrolment.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level in:
BTEC in:
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
A criminal record check will be required.
About this employer
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council is a borough council serving the people, communities and businesses of Hinckley & Bosworth in south west Leicestershire. The council serves approximately 100,000 inhabitants over 16 wards with 34 elected councillors and with approximately 460 full-time and part-time staff.
https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/jobsandcareers (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
For more details please visit https://jobsandcareers.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/staff-benefits
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
We cannot guarantee a position following the completion of the apprenticeship, but we have an excellent track record of keeping our successful apprentices in the organisation.
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship and a successful appraisal of your performance, there will be consideration made for a permanent role with Environmental Services, subject to availability.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Steven Connor, Private Sector Housing Team Leader
Human.Resources@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk
01455 255876
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337327.
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