Urgent vacancy for an environmental health officer
A reputable multinational organization based in Lagos currently seek to hire an Environmental Health Officer to fill her vacant position. The Job description is as follows.
Job description:
The main duties forming the scope of the EHO’s work may be grouped under the following headings:- Food control, hygiene education, water monitoring, tobacco, housing, air pollution, noise, infectious diseases, pest control, poisons regulations, childcare.
Responsibilities:
- Visiting business premises to investigate levels of cleanliness and health standards.
- Investigating complaints, cases of food poisoning, or pest infestations and arranging for legal proceedings to be taken against serious offenders.
- Running courses on health and safety.
- Monitoring of fluoridation of public water supplies.
- Ensuring that defective privately rented houses are made fit for habitation.
- Measuring and controlling the air pollution from commercial and industrial sources.
- Investigating cases of serious infectious diseases.
- inspecting per-school services such as playgroups, to ensure that the specified health standards are achieved.
- Monitoring food imports from non EU countries.
- Keeping abreast of legislation, writing reports and liaising with other safety team members
Skills and qualities
- Commitment to safeguarding public health.
- Enthusiasm and attention to detail at all times.
- Good communication skills to explain safety procedures and regulations clearly and concisely.
- A calm, professional manner to defuse potential confrontations along with the ability to deal with people who are distressed or angry.
- Good negotiating skills, patience and tact.
- Ability to enforce the law where necessary.
- good organizational skills to prepare cases using own evidence and chemical analyses
Benefits:
- Lots of traveling
- Personal Development
- Sponsored trainings outside the country
- Lifestyle treatment
Qualified and interested candidates WITHIN LAGOS ONLY to forward resume to [email protected] within two weeks of this publication.
