Trading Standards Officer Level 1

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location:County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 28605 - 31029 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 29th October 2025

Interview Date(s): Either 11th November or 13th November 2025 (Please indicate preferred date on application if you have one)

Looking for an exciting apprenticeship opportunity Leicestershire County Council has 4 apprenticeship posts in our Trading Standards team as a Level 1 Trading Standards Officer. The role involves undertaking the Level 6 Trading Standards Professional this time you will gain hands-on experience to become an accomplished officer enforcing legislation while working towards your professional qualification. We are keen to hear from individuals who are calm under pressure highly motivated flexible and personable.

About the Role

You will cover all areas of Trading Standards and work across the teams in year one as part of your 3-year apprenticeship but will choose two legislative areas to specialise in during year two from the following options (Product Safety Food Standards Feed Hygiene Weights & Measures or Animal Health & Welfare) . However for at least one of the roles there is a requirement to specialise in tobacco and vape enforcement (alongside one of the others listed above).

Trading Standards remit is to respond to complaints support businesses in achieving compliance through inspections and advice and tackle serious or repeat non-compliance through enforcement action. These roles will initially support current officers but lead to undertaking your own caseload.

No previous Trading Standards experience is required but you must be committed to undertaking the Level 6 Trading Standards Professional Apprenticeship and building a career within this vital service whilst working as part of a supportive and productive Service.

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In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview 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. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst 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 discussion please contact:

Karen Retallic or Alison Law

Telephone:or

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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 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 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 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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