Apprentice Assistant Environmental Health Officer

About the Role

The Epsom & Ewell Environmental Health Team inspect for hygiene in food businesses, ensuring landlords provide safe homes, dealing with pollution, neighbour noise and poor air quality and investigating waste crimes such as flytipping.

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council is delighted to offer the start of a career in Environmental Health undertaking these tasks and more whilst being paid a salary to both study for a degree and to work assisting the Environmental Health Team in their tasks.

Once you have completed the salaried four-year apprenticeship and professional pathway, you will be eligible for employment as a fully-fledged Environmental Health Practitioner in a range of public, private and third sector employers with an almost limitless opportunity to make a contribution to public health and public protection.  The Covid-19 pandemic showed the value of Environmental Health Practitioners, and the national shortage of suitable individuals makes those with the right training and skills very sought after.

You will study at the University of Middlesex on their four-year Environmental Health (Apprenticeship) BSc (Honours) course commencing Autumn 2026, and when not attending taught classes will work with experienced and professional colleagues supporting all the environmental health functions including food safety, housing, pollution control and health and safety at work.

As a condition of continued employment, it will be necessary to be accepted on and to progress through the degree programme.  Support will be available to liaise with the University directly since this takes place outside of the UCAS process.

Benefits

As part of the apprenticeship scheme, the degree tuition fees are fully funded, and you will earn a salary while you study and work.  We will cover your travel expenses to university and pay for you to become a student member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

You will receive 25 days annual leave to be taken around University and work commitments plus subsidised car park and gym membership.

To find out more about the Environmental Health Apprenticeship Programme, view the material at Chartered Institute of Environmental Health website featuring our previous successful apprentice.  To find out about the work of an Environmental Health Practitioner, and the role see www.cieh.org, or email Bryony Smart, Principal Environmental Health Officer at bsmart@epsom-ewell.gov.uk.

Closing date:        Sunday 10 May 2026