**Organisation**
- Southampton City Council
**Service Area**
- Environment
**Job Location**
- City Depot
**Contract Length**
- Permanent
**Work Hours**
- Full time, 37 hours per week
**Salary**
- £40,476 - £44,710 per annum
**Closing Date**
- 11/08/2025
**Job Reference**
- 15901
- Job Description and Person Specification
We have an exciting opportunity for a Permanent, Full Time, Port Health Officer to join Southampton City Council (SCC) in our Port Health Team.
**About the team**
The Port Health team provide a vital role in safeguarding public & animal health in the Port of Southampton & the UK. As one of the Uks busiest container Ports & home to the largest Cruise ship operators, this is an exciting place to work. The team pride themselves on offering a high level of service to our customers and following post-Brexit changes to regulations we are carrying out a restructure of the team, adding new roles and responsibilities and increasing capacity.
**About the role**
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy vibrant team & provide vital support to the Port Health Service and its statutory functions. You will be responsible for ensuring food consignments from around the world are safe to enter the UK & that all vessels entering the port of Southampton do not pose a public health risk. This will include;
- ing Port Health controls on imported food
- Preparing reports, collecting evidence and compiling legal notices
- Undertaking, surveys & inspections of vessels, identification and sampling of foodstuffs
- Provide advice & guidance to agents and importers on imported food controls
- Updating and utilising database and information management systems
This role includes working an irregular shift pattern, so every 4-5 weeks you will be required to work a 1-9pm shift (Mon-Fri) & Saturday 8-4pm. This attracts a 10% shift pay and time of in lieu for weekend working.




For further information about this role please view the job description.
**W**hat we can offer you**:
**Salary**: The salary band for this role is £40,476 - £44,710 The **starting salary is £40,476**with annual progression through the salary bands.
Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.
- Excellent local government pension with 16.8% employer contribution
- Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
- Generous holiday 25-31 days, based on role and service
- Versátil working options (role-dependent)
- Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
- Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
- Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
- Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
- Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
- Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
- Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
- Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer
**F**or further information on our benefits package please visit**:Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)**
If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.
**Contact details for informal discussion**:
**Interview Information**:
Please note that interviews are scheduled for 18th August.
**Recruitment contact details**:
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**For more information about SCC please visit**Southampton City Council**
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