Food Trading Standards Officer

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Goole; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is seeking a Food / Trading Standards Officer based in Goole with blended working arrangements, combining office and home-based duties alongside frontline visits. The role focuses on enforcing food standards and feed hygiene legislation across caterers, retailers and manufacturers, handling sampling, investigations of complaints, and advisory support to food businesses.

A full driving licence is required and strong communication and organisational skills are

Qualifications

• Experience with Food Standards and Feed Hygiene inspections.
• Ability to enforce Food Law Code of Practice.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Enforce food standards legislation across caterers, retailers and manufacturers.
• Enforce feed hygiene legislation and investigate complaints.
• Provide advice to food and feed businesses and support team members.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Organisation

Driving licence

Job description

The job itself

Place of Work: Goole /home (blended)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the council’s Food Services team as a Food / Trading Standards Officer based in Goole with blended working arrangements which will include a mixture of working from the office and from home, as well as frontline visits.

We are looking for an officer with significant experience of Food Standards and Feed Hygiene inspections, sampling and enforcement. Whilst this position is equivalent to that of a Trading Standards Officer competent to deliver official food controls, it is open to any suitably experienced candidate with the comparable qualification and capacity to fulfil the competency framework requirements of the Food Law Code of Practice.

The main areas of responsibility will include the enforcement of food standards legislation across a range of food businesses including caterers, retailers and manufacturers. The role also includes the enforcement of feed hygiene legislation, the investigation of complaints and advising food and feed businesses. You will also support officers within the team and deputise for your line manager in their absence.

Professionalism and the ability to work both independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team towards shared goals are essential. Naturally a successful candidate will need to demonstrate they have a positive outlook, are well organised and good communication skills. The post holder is also required to have full driving licence.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role, are resilient, adaptable to change and have good interpersonal skills then this could be the job for you.

For an informal discussion regarding this position, please contact Michael Chapman Principal Officer (Food Control) on [e-mail] 07970 874184.