Senior Trading Standards Officer (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid

Salary: per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:37

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 27th January 2026

Interview Date(s): tbc

This role is to be a specialist in the areas of Product Safety and Housing laws that are applicable to Trading Standards.

About the Role

To lead in the teams specialist areas to supervise and direct a team of officers and deputise for the Team Manager

About You

To apply for this post you must have:

• Specialist knowledge of the legislative framework relating to Product Safety and Housing law
• Extensive specialist knowledge of the protocols to be followed to ensure the process of investigation and/or research is undertaken lawfully and ethically
• Significant experience in supervision training and mentoring staff
• Experience of analysing data and reporting findings.
• Substantial evidence of continuous professional development to a specialist level in law enforcement legal process and regulatory compliance.

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 by email hereor Karen Retallic here

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 Plus 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.

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