Principal Trading Standards Officer

WMJobs; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Worcestershire County Council as a Principal Trading Standards Officer, leading a dedicated team in ensuring fair trading practices and engaging with local businesses. This permanent, full-time role requires investigative expertise and strong leadership to tackle issues such as rogue trading and organize community safety initiatives.

Benefits

Great Holiday Entitlement

Brilliant Pension Scheme

Professional Learning & Development

Flexible Working

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in fair trading investigations required.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Practices Team focusing on fair trading.
• Engage with stakeholders and manage team activities.
• Conduct inspections and contribute to public health activities.

Skills

Investigative skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

Diploma in Trading Standards

Job description

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Worcestershire County Council,

Job Title: Principal Trading Standards Officer

Salary: £43,247 - £46,077 per annum

35 Hours per Week

Location: Wyre Forest House, Kidderminster

Team: Trading Standards

Permanent

The Role:

The Council is looking for an experienced officer to lead its Commercial Practices Team. The successful candidate will lead a team of around half a dozen officers focusing mainly on fair trading activities, especially those linking into the public health agenda like underage sales and illicit tobacco. Rogue trading and tackling other organised criminal activities also fall to this team, although all officers across the service are expected to contribute to routine work like inspection and sampling in areas like food standards.

You should be an experienced investigator with considerable experience of fair trading work and some experience of handling larger investigations. Experience of working with businesses under the Primary Authority provisions would also be helpful as the service is keen to support local businesses and already has several agreements in place. Previous supervisory experience would be desirable as you will lead a small team dealing with all day-to day management issues, overseeing their work and driving investigative activities.

You will work with colleagues delivering activities through the tasking allocation process and be expected to assess submissions and agree activities for your team before supervising the tasked work through to fruition.

To be successful you should also be able to deal with a wide range of different customers and stakeholders as we are looking to engage with a wide range of partners. Modern Trading Standards work requires good relationships with a wide range of bodies and we will be asking the successful candidate to maintain some of those. You will also engage with the regional specialist groups in areas relevant to the Commercial Practices team.

The Diploma in Trading Standards or its equivalent is essential for the post.

For further information please contact: David Mellors or Simon Wilkes on 01562 738048 / 01562 738088 or email [e-mail] or email [e-mail]

Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.

Application Closing Date: 26th June 2025

Anticipated Interview Date: week beginning 14th July 2025

Benefits:

You’ll find an overview of the benefits Worcestershire County Council have to offer on our webpage

• Worcestershire County Council - Why work for us?
  
  
  

Some of these offers include:

• Great Holiday Entitlement: As well as bank holidays, you'll get 26 days paid holiday (pro rata for part-time staff). This goes up to 31 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 26 days where you work now, don't worry because if you join us without a break, we'll match your holiday up to 31 days. If you’re successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
• Brilliant Pension Scheme: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
• Professional Learning & Development: We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the organisation.
• Flexible Working: We are proud to offer hybrid working to provide a better work/life balance where possible.
  
  
  

Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.

Attached documents

PTSO CPS Mar 20.docx

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• Seniority level

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• Employment type

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