Trading Standards Officer Level 3

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 39939 - 42699 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) retention incentive payable for 24 months is available for permanent post.

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: 1 x permanent post and 1 x fixed term for 12 months from contract start date

Closing Date: 17th October 2025

Interview Date(s): To be confirmed

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and no two days are the same Join our forward thinking thriving Trading Standards Service in the heart of the Country serving the people of Leicestershire.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit highly motivated and experienced investigators with a sound understanding of legal process and who have proven experience of complex fraud investigations.

You will be joining a team of experienced and dedicated officers in a fast paced environment working on multiple fraud cases to maintain the high standards expected to meet the needs of the community. The nature of our investigations includes rogue doorstep traders second hand car dealers and sellers of counterfeit goods. Our priorities include protecting and safeguarding vulnerable consumers and dealing robustly and dynamically with rogue traders.

As level 3 Trading Standards Officers you will be motivated and driven to contribute to your team the Service and Council strategic outcomes.

Applicants must hold a UK driving licence.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

Complete the application form detailing how you satisfy the criteria below giving short examples of each criterion.

• Hold an appropriate trading standards regulatory compliance or law-related qualification commensurate with the purpose and main responsibilities of the position.
• Extensive evidence of continuous professional development in an enforcement/regulatory discipline and extensive demonstrable experience in complex fraud related criminal investigation including the preparation of evidential material for legal proceedings.
• Demonstrable ability in interpreting and applying appropriate legislation; enabling you to lead on and undertake a range of criminal investigations and enforcement actions. Extensive knowledge of RIPA CPIA and PACE.
• Extensive knowledge of the legislative framework in a regulatory and criminal investigation enforcement context.
• The ability to prioritise and plan ones own workload in the context of conflicting priorities and work on ones own initiative.
• The ability to communicate effectively to assimilate information rapidly and present it orally or in writing clearly unambiguously and concisely.
• Supervisory or mentoring experience from an operational perspective.

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.

As two posts are available please can applicants specify which post you would like to be considered for within your application

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:

Louise Boyall - 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 Apply Now. 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.

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