Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £38,700 - £41,373 and 10% retention payment paid after two years satisfactory performance
Working Hours: Full time - 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 19th January 2025
Interview Date(s):
Are you hardworking, enthusiastic about consumer protection and keen to support businesses? We are looking for a Trading Standards Officer Level 3 to join our vibrant and forward thinking Service. A qualification and or experience in a statutory required legislative area would be preferred. No two days are the same and you have the opportunity to make a real difference to support businesses and protect people from the risk of harm.
About the Role
Advise and where necessary investigate and or take enforcement action in accordance with our Enforcement Policy. You will manage your own workload and undertake your own criminal investigations. You will undertake project work as required and keep abreast of legislative changes and maintain the required CPD hours.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Have obtained the relevant CTSI qualification (DTS, DCA, DCATS or current equivalent), or have recent investigation experience .
* Have experience in managing own workload, planning and preparing for inspections and meeting deadlines and recording work in a detailed, accurate and timely manner, preparing reports and undertaking project work.
* Demonstrable experience in interpreting and applying appropriate legislation; enabling you to lead on, and undertake criminal investigations and enforcement action.
* Demonstrable experience of providing advice to businesses, including complex advice whether face to face or by letter or email.
* Demonstrable experience in providing advice, guidance and supervision to less experienced staff.
* Be willing and able to deputise for senior TSO's when necessary, including attending meetings and liaising with external partners.
* Keep up to date with new legislation and statutory requirements. in order to maintain a thorough knowledge of Trading Standards legislation for your area of work.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
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 individual's 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 Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact:
Alison Law -Team Manager Compliance Team
Telephone: 0116 305 6537
Email: alison.law@leics.gov.uk
or
Paul Davis - Product Safety and Airports Team
Telephone: 0116 305 6534
Email: paul.davis@leics.gov.uk
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 Apply section 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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