Senior Trading Standards Officer - Ref: EE12224
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Job Description
Senior Trading Standards Officer - Ref: EE12224
Salary: G10 £43,693 - £48,710 per annum
Contract: Full Time - 37 hours
Car Allowance: Casual
Office Location: Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall or as otherwise directed.
What are we looking for?
Walsall Council is seeking a highly experienced and enthusiastic Trading Standards Officer to work in a busy team delivering a wide range of trading standards activities including product safety, doorstep crime, illicit tobacco and food standards. You will manage a complex caseload of investigations and complaints and ensure that you contribute effectively to team plans and Council priorities.
About the job
The role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and gain valuable experience within an established team serving a diverse metropolitan area.
About you
You will need to be a fully qualified and experienced Trading Standards Officer holding either the Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS), Trading Standards Practitioner Diploma (TSPD) including Food Standards or Product Safety options or Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS) with Food Standards Service Delivery and Legal Metrology modules, or the Higher Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (HDCATS) with Food Standards Service Delivery and Legal Metrology modules.
A full clean UK driving license is required for this role and access to a vehicle with the ability to travel across the borough.
For a further discussion please contact Stuart Powell on 01922 653046 (Stuart.Powell@walsall.gov.uk) or David Elrington on 01922 653023. (David.Elrington@walsall.gov.uk).
View Job Description and Employee Specification
Closing date for applications: 14th March 2025
Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
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About Us
Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.
We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.
Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.
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To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
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