Trading Standards Manager

Kenyon Block Consultants Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnet Council in London is seeking a Trading Standards Team Leader on a contract basis. The role supports the Service Manager, oversees workload, and provides technical guidance to the team to ensure legally robust delivery of trading standards services.

You will manage enforcement, handle priority cases, and interact with businesses to ensure compliance with legal duties while maintaining professional standards.

Qualifications

• Oversee enforcement actions and advise on appropriate actions.
• Develop resources and guidance for staff and operations.
• Lead complex enforcement cases and prioritised workloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical professional enforcement services to protect health, safety and welfare.
• Act as Chief Weights and Measures Inspector to fulfil statutory duties.
• Coordinate, monitor and support officers in the trading standards team.

Job description

We are looking for a Trading Standards Team Leader to join our north London local authority client on a contract basis

The succesful candidate will support the Service Manager in the comprehensive and legally robust delivery of the trading standards Service. This involves overseeing, coordinating, monitoring workload of officers in the team, advising of appropriate actions, providing technical advice and guidance to the team, developing key resources including professional and technical staff.

Take on a case load and lead the way with cases requiring enforcement, particularly those that are more complex or take priority

To provide technical professional enforcement services to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents, businesses, visitors and employees in Barnet; working with businesses to help them comply with their legal duties.

Provide assistance, advice and using available statutory powers to carry out all manners of enforcement to keep people safe and to maintain professional and legal standards.

Act as Chief Weights and Measures Inspector to comply with the Councils statutory duty