Environmental Health and Alcohol Licensing Officer

4 days ago

Napier, New Zealand Napier City Council Full time

Join our team as an **Environmental Health & Alcohol Licensing Officer** and make a meaningful impact on community safety and wellbeing. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in promoting responsible practices through the regulation of food safety, alcohol licensing, and environmental health. Your responsibilities will include verifications, inspections, investigations, and enforcement activities to ensure our community adheres to all necessary legal requirements.

This role focuses on public health education, monitoring, reporting, and compliance under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. As an Alcohol Inspector, you'll help ensure alcohol is sold and consumed safely, reducing harm from misuse.

If you have experience in regulatory or public health settings and are looking to specialise in alcohol licensing and compliance, this is the opportunity for you.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Perform site inspections of licensed premises (on, off, and club) to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Take action on non-compliance, whether informally or through formal enforcement.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including Police and the Health New Zealand, to conduct controlled purchase operations.
- Manage legal cases, prepare evidence, and present findings in court as necessary.
- Provide advice and support to applicants and community members regarding licensing and compliance issues.
- Conduct food safety inspections and verify businesses are operating within the Food Act 2014.

**What You’ll Bring**:

- A degree or qualification that meets the requirements for Environmental Health Officer status under the 1993 regulations, or equivalent knowledge.
- 7+ years of experience in a regulatory role related to environmental health or Alcohol license inspections.
- Solid understanding of relevant laws, including the Food Act 2014, Health Act 1956, and Sale & Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.
- Experience in enforcing and managing environmental health regulations and Alcohol licensing, ideally within local government, including investigations and prosecutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proactively plans and manages work and resources effectively.

This is a permanent full time position, based at our Dunvegan House location.

**About Us**

Join the dynamic team at Napier City Council, where we pride ourselves on excellence, integrity, and sustainability, while delivering exceptional customer and community service. As one of Napier's most sought-after employers, we offer more than just a job. How about exclusive retail discounts, discounted medical insurance, and a generous 5 weeks of annual leave after just 2 years of service?

At Napier City Council, we play a vital role in Civil Defence emergencies, and that means everyone on our team may be called upon to support the response. It's an opportunity to make a real difference in our community.

Please visit Napier City Council Careers website to see full job description

Job Description - Environmental Health & Alcohol Licensing Officer
- Department
- City Strategy
- Locations
- Dunvegan House
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time

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