Trading Standards Officer

2 weeks ago


Ceredigion, United Kingdom Ceredigion County Council Full time

**Trading Standards Officer**:
Closing date: 08/01/2023

Reference: REQ104350

37 hours / Permanent

38,296 - 40,478 *

Within Ceredigion
- *All salary values are pro-rata.-
**About the role**:
We are seeking to recruit a qualified Trading Standards Officer to join our small but busy Trading Standards team.

For this position, you should hold a Diploma in Trading Standards or equivalent. You will carry out a variety of trading standards functions including the duties of a Weights and Measures Inspector. You should have experience of enforcing trading standards legislation and experience of testing/verifying metrological equipment. You will be expected to investigate consumer complaints, inspect trade premises, conduct criminal investigations and take appropriate enforcement action when needed and prepare legal cases for prosecution.

You must be able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, prioritise your workload and be able to work as part of a small team but equally be self-motivated and organised to work alone in some situations. You should also have the ability to plan, lead and report on project and survey work that the team delivers and have good communication skills.

This post requires some Welsh language skills. As an organisation, we are committed to supporting the Welsh language and culture, and to ensuring our services and activities serve to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language.

The role is a full-time position (37 hours per week) and you may be required to work outside core hours when necessary.

Job Description and Person Specification

**What we offer**:
Work-life balance

Lifestyle savings scheme

Generous employer pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Learning and development

**Where you'll work**:

- Policy, Performance and Public ProtectionWe lead on corporate performance, corporate policy, strategic partnerships, engagement, community cohesion and civil contingencies, and also are responsible for strategic and operational responsibility for public protection: environmental health, food fraud, licencing and trading standards. Our key functions are as follows:

- **Complaints, Compliments and FOI**:

- **Corporate Performance and Policy**:Corporate performance; Property gazetteer; Research
- **Public Protection**:Environmental health; Food fraud; Licencing; Trading standards; Pollution Control; Pest Control; Weights and Measures; Communicable Diseases; Health and Safety; Animal Health.
- **Strategic Partnerships, Engagement and Research**:Business continuity; Civil contingencies; Community safety partnership; Engagement; Equality; Public service board; Refugee programm



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