Environmental Crime Enforcement Officer

Job closes on 18/03/2026

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Waste Management

£31,537 - £33,699

Fixed Term Contract

Full time

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Role: Environmental Crime Enforcement Officer

Location: Bengal Street Depot

Contract: Full time (36.15 hours per week) / 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: £31,537 - £33,699

Closing Date: 18 March 2026

Do you want to ensure that our borough continues to be a safe and green place for our communities? Do you have experience in enforcement? Are you passionate about the environment? If this describes you, we are looking to recruit a new Environmental Crime Enforcement Officer in our Chorley team.

In this role you will be part of a team proactively working to respond and deal with a variety of environmental crime issues, such as abandoned vehicles, dog fouling and fly tipping. You will support the Council and other partners in preventing environmental crime.

You will work with a variety of different stakeholders and the public, therefore fantastic communication skills and the ability to handle difficult situations and customers are key.

What you’ll be getting up to

Organise and manage own workload and carry out duties independently, responding to customer enquiries and complaints, determining the best course of action for individual cases.
carry out enforcement investigations and evidence gathering on a wide range of environmental crime issues, including formal interviewing under caution and disclosure to solicitors.
Undergo formal and informal action against individuals/organisations breaching a wide range of environmental crime legislations within the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE).
Preparation of investigation reports /prosecutions files and provide expert witness evidence in court.
Conduct targeted enforcement duties including surveillance in accordance with and having regard for the requirements of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).
To serve formal notices, including Statutory Notices, Duty of Care notices and Community Protection Notices and to issue Formal Cautions and Fixed Penalty Notices.
To report and respond, to advise and negotiate, persuade arbitrate and take enforcement action to resolve as appropriate incidents of environmental crime, including fly-tipping, littering, dog fouling, graffiti and abandoned vehicles.
Keep up to date with environmental and waste enforcement legislation.

Who we’re looking for

You will have a good knowledge of environmental enforcement.
You will be an excellent team-player, as you will work closely with other teams in the Council and with the public.
You might ne CIWM accredited or willing to work towards this.

Other requirements

This role requires you to regularly use a vehicle, therefore you must possess a valid UK Driving Licence.
This role requires you to work some evenings and weekends occasionally.
Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check (applied and paid for by the Council).

Our Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
Hybrid/agile working from day one
Local Government pension
Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
Volunteering days
Free parking

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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