Agency Department of Health Work unit Environmental Health Operations

Job title Environmental Health Officer Designation Professional 2

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $95,697 - $114,104 Location Alice Springs

Position number 3546 RTF 353246 Closing 07/10/2026

Contact officer Sonny McKay on 0436 619 659 or [email protected]

About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=353246

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Plan, develop and undertake community environmental health promotion and enforcement programs and activities to protect the public from physical, chemical and biological agents in the environment, which may adversely impact on human health.

Context statement

Incorporate working in both an urban and remote community depending on the business needs of the Branch. Employees must travel to remote communities by light aircraft or road. Hours of work may range to incorporate working within the standard span of hours.

Key duties and responsibilities

1.



Provide environmental health services in a professional manner consistent with legislative requirements, good practice and

departmental policy.
- Act as an authorised officer and delegate of the Chief Health Officer (CHO) in administering the provisions of Northern

Territory (NT) public and environmental health, and food legislation, including statutory surveillance; enforcement activities;

special investigations; insect vector management; public health and food complaint resolution; participating in emergency/disaster relief operations as required; and other duties as required by the Manager.

1. Engage with communities; urban, rural and remote to assist in improving environmental health outcomes and participate in the

development and implementation of projects and promotion activities.
1. Monitor, record and report on all environmental health activities in accordance with Departmental policy and procedure.
2. Assist Environmental Health practitioners, including Aboriginal Environmental Health Workers and Environmental Health

Students in the development of their skills and duties.
- Travel to remote sites by air/road, and work outside normal office hours on weekends and public holidays as required.
- Follow defined service quality standards, Work Health and Safety (WHS) policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces





Selection criteria

Essential

1. Degree in Environmental Health or degree with appropriate postgraduate qualification in Environmental Health from an

Australian tertiary institution, eligible for recognition as an Environmental Health Officer.
- Knowledge of legislation, policies and practices relevant to the provision of effective environmental health services in urban and remote environments and experience as an Environmental Health Officer to effectively implement program activities,

operate independently in the field, and provide quality input to program objectives and policies.
1. Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, including the ability to negotiate and liaise at all levels and from a

range of social and diverse cultural backgrounds, an ability to analyse and address complex issues, think strategically and express ideas and concepts in a transparent and concise manner.
1. Hold a current NT manual drivers licence or the ability to obtain.

Desirable

1. Additional qualifications e.g. health promotion, vector management, disaster management, food safety auditing.
2. Experience in Aboriginal community environmental health, waste management, land use development or other.

Further information Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.

For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.

📌 Environmental Health Officer (Alice Springs)
🏢 NT Health
📍 Alice Springs