Trading Standards Officer

**Trading Standards Office**

**Location **Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0TH with Hybrid working

**Salary range** Band 8, £38,223- £40,221 pa plus £2,182 pa market supplement (pro rata)

**Working Pattern** Full Time

**Working hours **36.25 hours per week (flexible working available 7am-9pm) (part time/reduced hours negotiable)

**Contract type** Permanent

**Application deadline** 13th October 2024

**Interview type** In person

**About the Role**

Trafford’s Trading Standards Team have an exciting new Trading Standards Officer vacancy.

The primary role of the Trading Standards Team is to carry out a range of regulatory and enforcement functions in the areas of consumer protection, including product safety, fair trading, metrology, underage sales and animal feedstuffs.

The Trading Standards Team are crucial to the Council meeting its statutory requirements in the above areas and the team provide specialist knowledge and advice in these topics. The work undertaken by the team directly contributes to the Council’s corporate priority of reducing health inequalities.

This role offers the flexibility of hot desking/home working together with field-based work.

**About you**

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work independently but also as part of a team.
- You will have the Diploma in Trading Standards, or equivalent Trading Standards qualification (to include metrology)
- With the exception of Food Standards, you will be responsible for delivering excellent regulatory service across the full range of Trading Standards duties. You will need to demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills, together with a proven record of effective working with relevant partners and business community.

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours. You will be committed to continual professional development and improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver an excellent service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time, learning from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

**About us**

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.

**Our vision: Trafford where all our residents, businesses and communities prosper.**

Trafford really is a great place to work. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

**Additional Information**

You will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.

You will hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own vehicle for work use, willing to travel to and work at different sites across the borough of Trafford.

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You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

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