Trading Standards Officer Level 2
Trading Standards Officer Level 2
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: : 32070 - 34359 per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 1st September 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
To work with our team checking imports for product safety at East Midlands Airport investigating and recording as required. It will involve travel to distribution centres in Leicestershire examining imported products and follow up work including contacting other agencies and importers. Other Trading Standards work will be undertaken such as advice to businesses and investigation of complaints and referrals.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Show practical knowledge and recent use of the legislative framework relating to product safety law and other trading standards laws
- Demonstrate continuous professional development with regard to product safety law and other trading standards laws
- Show experience of enforcement in the regulatory compliance or law enforcement sector particularly for product safety law.
- Show experience of utilising relevant software to undertake research and investigation and record work.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Paul Davis Team Manager
Telephone: 0
Email:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
