Animal Health Enforcement Officer

Worcestershire County Council,

Job Title: Animal Health Enforcement Officer

Salary: £27,052 - £34,397 per annum

35 Hours per Week

Location: Wyre Forest House

Team: Trading Standards

Permanent

The Role:

Following the retirement of one of its long-serving Animal Health Officers, Worcestershire County Council is looking to recruit a permanent replacement into this role. Animal Health sits within the Commercial Standards part of Trading Standards alongside the food standards, animal feed, weights and measures and product safety functions.

The service is intelligence-led, operating to the Trading Standards Intelligence Operating Model. The successful candidate will therefore be expected to deliver the full range of tasked activities within their area of expertise including inspections, investigations and project work, as well as looking for intelligence-based cases to submit to the service’s monthly tasking meeting for development and delivery. The focus for this post is the animal disease control function, so the focus is on farm businesses and associated premises, plus the very busy livestock market in Worcester. Some work on animal welfare would form part of this but only in certain circumstances.

The team is co-located with the shared regulatory service, delivered on behalf of the district councils, with officers working closely with Environmental Health and Licensing colleagues.

To be successful you should also be able to deal with a wide range of different customers and stakeholders as we are looking to engage with a wide range of partners. Modern Trading Standards work requires good relationships with a range of bodies and the successful candidate to need to maintain some of those. We are looking to engage with a wide range of partners and expand our portfolio of Primary Authority Businesses. If you are looking for new challenges, then we’d like to hear from you.

For further information please contact: Simon Wilkes simon.wilkes@worcsregservices.gov.uk or 01562 738088; David Mellors david.mellors@worcsregservices.gov.uk 01562 738060

Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.

Application Closing Date: 7th June 2026

Anticipated Interview Date: Week beginning 22nd June

Attached documents

JDPS AHEO Level1 Mar26.docx

JDPS AHEO Level2 Mar26.docx

JDPS Senior AHEO Mar26.docx