Job Title: Trading Standards Officer

Location: Hybrid Working - No set pattern to attend The Guildhall office in Northampton, dependant on work load.

Rate of Pay: £40 per hour Umbrella or £29.77 per hour PAYE

Working Hours: Part Time - 3 days per week - flexible on days

Type: Temporary Role - 13 Weeks

Opus People Solutions are working with West Northamptonshire Council to recruit for a Trading Standards Officer.

Job Title: Trading Standards Officer

Location: Hybrid Working - No set pattern to attend The Guildhall office in Northampton, dependant on work load.

Rate of Pay: £40 per hour Umbrella or £29.77 per hour PAYE

Working Hours: Part Time - 3 days per week - flexible on days

Type: Temporary Role - 13 Weeks

Opus People Solutions are working with West Northamptonshire Council to recruit for a Trading Standards Officer.

Principal Responsibilities

1. To represent the service in national, regional and local settings in support of the achievement the County Council's outcomes and priorities including to secure, develop and maintain positive and continuing partnerships/working arrangements within the authority, with external partners, the media, other agencies and community interests.
2. To ensure delivery of allocated outcomes and objectives and improve delivery of the Service to the community. To plan, direct and monitor allocated resources. To deputise for the Section Manager in their absence.
3. To lead, develop and improve the skills and motivation of allocated staff. To identify and ensure relevant human resource issues are managed.
4. To develop and ensure effective implementation of the Service's policies and procedures with regard to operational activities. To ensure business noncompliance with relevant legislation is dealt with effectively including identifying and directing appropriate interventions to secure compliance and bring offenders to justice where appropriate.
5. To conduct operational work which is better undertaken with the benefit of their knowledge, experience and skills.
6. To be a Service specialist/lead officer in respect of an area of Trading Standards responsibility ensuring the Service delivers relevant outcomes in this area and that other relevant officers have appropriate learning and development to enable them to deliver such outcomes.
7. To keep appraised of legislative and technical developments and changing trading practices as they impinge on his/her functions.
8. Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other peoples behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
9. Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.
10. Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Person Specification

• Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS) or Diploma in Consumer Affairs (DCA)
• Demonstrate record of successful enforcement work, across a range of Trading standards legislation and enforcement techniques
• Experience of successfully leading projects/investigations and developing other staff
• Demonstrable record of successful partnership working

For more information or to process your application for this role, please apply online now.

For more information or to process your application for this role, please apply online now.