CIEH is a professional membership body dedicated to improving health and wellbeing. We are a registered charity established by Royal Charter, based in the UK, but operating globally. We also run one of the country's most sustainable venues, 15Hatfields. Most of our staff now work remotely across the UK, with the exception of our venue team who are based at 15Hatfields in London.

On behalf of our 7,000 members and the wider environmental health profession, we campaign and provide information and evidence on environmental health issues to the Government and other key decision-makers.

Why work for us?

We’re advocates, activists, educators and experts, all of whom are dedicated to improving public health and wellbeing and supporting the profession. If that's something you're passionate about and want to make a difference take a look at our vacancies below.

Governance recruitment - volunteer for CIEH

We’re excited to offer a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of CIEH. We’re looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our Membership, Learning and the Profession Advisory Group (MLPAG) and Welfare Fund Committee.

Membership, Learning and the Profession Advisory Group (MLPAG)

We are looking to make four appointments to MLPAG:

  • One role is open to 'early career' members of CIEH
  • One role is open to non-members with experience in developing membership services
  • Two roles are open to academics in the field of environmental health (who may or may not be CIEH members). One of the academic appointments will take immediate effect, the other from January 2026

Welfare Fund Committee

We are looking to make two appointments to the Welfare Fund Committee:

  • One role is open to non-members, ideally with experience in grant-making to individual beneficiaries
  • One role is open to members of CIEH

To find out more about the roles, please read the Governance appointments information pack.

To apply, please complete the Governance vacancy application form and email it to [email protected].

Applications for these roles close at 9.00 on Friday 14 February 2025.

Nominations for the 2025 CIEH Trustee election are now open. If you're a CIEH member, this is your opportunity to step forward and help shape a modern, relevant professional body. We are looking for passionate members with diverse skills and experiences to strengthen our Board.

Could you be a Trustee? Visit the Mi-Voice Nomination Platform to find out how to apply. If you’re interested in standing for election as a Trustee and would like to discuss further, email us at [email protected], and we’ll be happy to help.

Jobs at CIEH

There are currently no vacancies.

Volunteer roles at CIEH

Roles with a formal and time-limited recruitment process will appear here.

There are a number of less formal ways for members to volunteer with CIEH - details can be found on our Become a CIEH volunteer page.

Jobs at 15Hatfields

View current vacancies at our conference and events venue. 

Contract & tender opportunities

Review contract and tender opportunities by your area of interest within each section below.

Contract tender Description Tender closing date
Political Monitoring Services

Provide daily monitoring of political activities, legislative changes, and government policy, with live updates on MPs, Peers, and ministerial contacts, as well as real-time alerts for urgent changes.

Deliver detailed reports on key issues, including legislative tracking, parliamentary activities, select committee updates, and analysis of key parliamentary events (e.g., Budget Day, King’s Speech).

Engage in regular consultations with CIEH, offering tailored analysis and recommendations, with flexible pricing options, including multiyear discounts.

Invitation to Tender details can be found in ITT09 Political Monitoring.

To be reviewed February 2025
Interim Head of Environmental Health

We are excited to appoint an Interim Head of Environmental Health on a short-term contract (6-12 months). We are searching for a talented, knowledgeable Environmental Health practitioner to join our team at CIEH to provide strategic oversight of environmental health policies, public affairs and to foster productive engagement with UK politicians.

This role is vital to promoting environmental and public health objectives of CIEH and ensuring alignment with environmental and legislative frameworks and proposals.

The selected practitioner will leverage expertise in environmental and public health to advocate for sustainable policies, influence legislative debates, and enhance public understanding of environmental health priorities and be a leading voice to ensure the Environmental Health profession is understood, recognised and valued with the audiences that matter. The role will deliver policy impact through focused activities overseen by our member-led governance structures.

The person selected will also implement the Independent Review into the design and operation of the policy advisory panels of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health as agreed by the Board of CIEH.

The role of Interim Head of Environmental Health will allow us to make progress while we review how to secure a long-term, successful appointment to the Executive Director of Environmental Health position.

Invitation to Tender details can be found in CIEH Invitation to Tender: Interim Head of Environmental Health.

Please note: this opportunity was also advertised simultaneously as a staff role.

Closed - Final Review February 2025
Contract tender "CRM & Website"

A consultancy is required to support CIEH in defining their requirements for a new CRM and websites, and to manage the procurement process up to the supplier selection.

This will include these main elements:

  • Discovery & requirements gathering
  • Market research & solution recommendations
  • Procurement & supplier selection support

This tender is to identify the best implementation partner to work with, system implementation is excluded.

Invitation to Tender details can be found in ITT14 CRM & Websites.

10 February 2025

This is a list of potential tenders that will be added to Open Contracts Tenders section once they have been defined, reviewed and approved, they are not a commitment to offer for tender. Note that further details are not yet available and tenders are subject to change without further notification.

Category Description Estimated tender date
Events & Training
HHSRS
To update and implement a minimum of 5 CPD training courses, on the latest developments and government guidance on HHSRS. There may also be a requirement to deliver this training face to face.
Events & Training
Food Safety
To develop a series of food safety training products from bite size to technical workshop. There may also be a requirement to deliver this training face to face.

This is a list of contracts that have been awarded following implementation of the approved tender process. Estimated annual contract values are based on the current expectation of total costs to deliver the goods or services (including fees and expenses, excluding VAT). The estimates will be based on forecast volume and unit price assumptions, the actual final cost of the contracts may vary

Contractor/ Service provider Description Estimated annual contract value (in £5,000 bands)
Andrew Harvey Governance Advisor Services - November 2024 £25,000 - £30,000
Mi-Voice (Democracy Technology Ltd) Provision of services for Board of Trustee elections £5,000 - £10,000
UK-Engage (Print Image Network Ltd) Provision of voting services for Annual General Meetings £5,000 - £10,000
TBC Value of Environmental Health
TBC CIEH Events: Imported Food
TBC EHP Pathway Interactive Exercises
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