Environmental Health Apprentice

Are you looking for more than just a job?

Do you want a career that protects public health, improves neighbourhoods, helps local businesses succeed, and makes a genuine difference to people's lives every day?

 Great Yarmouth Borough Council is offering two, four-year Environmental Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship, providing a structured route to becoming a professionally qualified Environmental Health Practitioner while gaining valuable real-world experience across a wide range of regulatory services.

This is a development role where we are looking for someone with the right attitude, potential and commitment to learn.

If you are positive, motivated, resilient, curious and ready to embrace a challenging but rewarding opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

As an Environmental Health Apprentice, you will combine degree-level study with practical workplace experience, learning from experienced officers while contributing to important frontline services that protect residents, businesses and the environment.

Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience across a broad range of environmental health disciplines, including:

• Food safety
• Health and safety
• Environmental protection
• Pollution and nuisance investigation
• Public health
• Housing standards
• Regulatory compliance and enforcement activities

As your knowledge and confidence grow, you'll gradually take on more responsibility, including managing a defined caseload, supporting investigations, analysing information, working with residents and businesses.

Closing date: Monday 5th October 2026

Interview Date: Wednesday 7th and Friday 9th October 2026

What We're Looking For

We're more interested in who you are and what you can become than what you've done before.

You may be a school leaver, someone seeking a career change, or a person already working in a customer-focused, technical, scientific, regulatory or operational environment.

 We welcome applications from individuals who can demonstrate transferable skills such as:

• Excellent communication and customer service
• Problem solving and analytical thinking
• Organisation and time management
• Working effectively with others
• The ability to learn quickly and apply new knowledge
• Professionalism, integrity and sound judgement
• Takes a positive, can-do approach to challenges
• Is resilient, adaptable and willing to step outside their comfort zone

What You'll Gain

This apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to:

• Earn while you learn
• Achieve a degree-level Environmental Health qualification
• Develop practical professional experience from day one
• Learn from experienced Environmental Health professionals
• Build a portfolio of skills across a wide range of regulatory functions
• Work on real cases that make a difference to local people and businesses
• Develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for a successful professional career in Environmental Health

Why Join Us?

At Great Yarmouth Borough Council, you'll be part of a supportive team committed to developing future Environmental Health professionals.

We understand that talent comes from many different backgrounds. If you can demonstrate commitment, enthusiasm, potential and a willingness to learn, we encourage you to apply.

This is an opportunity to grow, develop and build a career while helping to create safer, healthier and more sustainable communities across the borough.

Ready to Start Your Journey?

If you're looking for a career where every day presents new challenges, new learning opportunities and the chance to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

 "We're not looking for someone who already knows everything. We're looking for someone with the passion, determination and potential to become an outstanding Environmental Health professional. If you have a positive attitude, transferable skills and a genuine desire to make a difference, we'll provide the support and opportunities to help you succeed."

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.