Senior Trading Standards Officer

Start date: ASAP

Rate: Negotiable hourly rate

Hours: 37 hours, full time

Contract type: 3 6 months initially with likely extension

Hybrid working Sandwell  

Our west midlands based Council, is seeking two fully qualified, enthusiastic and reliable Trading Standards Officers.

They are looking for someone with experience of conducting Food Standards inspections and dealing with Product Safety complaints and enquiries.

Responsibilities:

• To take lead responsibility on the interpretation and implementation of appropriate legislation, codes of practice and policies as per specialist area, providing technical support to officers where required
• To act as a Senior Trading Standards/Environmental Health Officer on all matters relating to the work of the Citizen & Consumer Protection Team 
• To write clear and concise reports and correspondence in relation to performance and the activity and future developments within a given specialist and geographical area
• To instigate criminal investigations ensuring they are compliant with the Criminal Procedure Investigation Act 1996, including acting as Disclosure Officer, and the Human Rights Act
• To support junior officers to assess situations, in line with own specialism, and make decisions on further action or the giving of advice as required based on their final assessment. Arrange appropriate experience and training to enable officer development
• To be the first point of escalation where businesses and members of the public may have concerns about the nature and delivery of frontline services from the team
• To oversee the planning and implementation of a schedule of inspections, investigations on regulated organisations, in line with own specialism, which require completion by the team
• To lead on the establishment and maintenance of productive working relationships with colleagues across various specialisms to provide a seamless and co-ordinated approach to the delivery of services which protect people living, working and visiting the borough

Requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a subject relative to either Environmental Health or Trading Standards
• Able to work to deadlines and within agreed timescales
• Competent with Microsoft Office and an excellent communicator at all levels
• Knowledge of the CIVICA Trading Standards database is desirable
• A relevant Product Safety qualification is also highly desirable
  
  

If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you! Please apply to receive more information.

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