Trading Standards Officer Level 2 (Internal applicants only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council 

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire, LE3 8RA

Salary: £32,070 – £34,359 Per annum (Pro rata for part time) Pay award pending 

Working Hours: Full Time, 37 hours a week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 28^th June 2026

Interview Date(s): To be confirmed

At Leicestershire Trading Standards, we put our community at the heart of everything we do. Our Trading Standards team helps local businesses, and their customers thrive. They protect businesses and consumers alike from unfair trading practices and ensure businesses trade safely and comply with their important statutory responsibilities. 

About the Role

You will become part of an experienced team working with dedicated officers, in a fast-paced environment.  Working as part of a team your work will focus around ensuring businesses are compliant by carrying out inspections, undertaking criminal investigations and leading on intelligence led projects that meet the Council’s objectives of supporting businesses and protecting residents from harm.  

Officers will receive training but will be expected to manage their own workload investigations, inspections or project work.  You will be supervised by a Senior Trading Standards Officer but using your own initiative and enforcement experience to progress incidents and carry out necessary enforcement work.  This can be providing advice via letters, issuing notices or undertaking a criminal investigation.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Education to a NVQ level 4 or equivalent or equivalent experience in the regulatory compliance or law enforcement sector.
• Understand the legal system and the protocols to follow to carry out investigations lawfully and ethicall.y
• Experience of analysing data or interpreting information and research.
• Evidence of consistently meeting deadlines and managing workload with minimal supervision and using initiative whilst under pressure.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, the ability to tailor their approach depending on the recipient.
• Enthusiasm and the ability to learn new skills and work in new areas of law that they may not be familiar with.
• Highly motivated with transferable skills to adapt to a trading standards enforcement role

We recommend you visit our website for more information about Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents.  You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. 

 For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

 Louise Boyall - Team Manager

Telephone: 0116 305 6541

Email: louise.boyall@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, 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.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. 

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