Service: Legal and Regulatory Support
Closing Date: Thursday 13th March
An enthusiastic and self-motivated person is required to join our small Trading Standards team to enforce various pieces of consumer protection legislation and to carry out scam prevention work with vulnerable consumers.
The post is currently funded until until 31st March, but we are confident that this date will be extended.
Let us tell you why this could be a suitable post for you.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
The post involvestraveling throughout Argyll & Bute, visiting consumers and traders, and providing enforcement support to our Trading Standards Officers. Your main tasks will include enforcing legislation regulating the supply & sale of tobacco & nicotine vaping products, carrying out official controls on animal feeding stuffs and carrying out scam prevention work with vulnerable consumers. Accordingly, you will be assisting both younger & older consumers and ensuring that animal feeds meet appropriate standards .
Applicants must be educated to Higher standard with good report writing skills and the ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate legal knowledge or enforcement experience, and will require to obtain PVG registration
Candidates must be able to travel throughout Argyll & Bute
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
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