Trading Standards and Licensing Manager – Ceredigion County Council

Please note that the advertised salary for this position is subject to the pending 2026/2027 national pay award. The final salary will be adjusted accordingly once this has been agreed. The successful candidate may be eligible to up to a maximum of £8,000 (including VAT) towards the cost of expenses incurred as a result of relocating to Ceredigion.

Ceredigion County Council is seeking an experienced and committed individual to lead the Council’s Trading Standards and Licensing services.

As the Trading Standards and Licensing Manager, you will provide operational leadership and management to ensure that Trading Standards and Licensing services are delivered effectively in accordance with statutory requirements and to integrate the work of these services within the Council’s corporate framework, policies, values, practices and priorities. Additionally, this role will involve fulfilling the Council’s statutory responsibilities as Chief Weights and Measures Inspector, Lead Food Standards Officer and Lead Feed Officer.

To excel in this role, you will need to have:

• Educational Background: Educated to degree-level and possess the Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS) or equivalent antecedent.
• Knowledge and experience: Have a broad range of post-qualification experience, including experience of managing complex criminal investigations, coupled with a comprehensive understanding of the technical aspects of the relevant legislative frameworks, policies, and key issues associated with this role, and have experience of acting as (or deputising for) the Chief Weights and Measures Inspector in accordance with the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
• Strategic Planning Skills: Have experience of leading change within a complex organisation with an ability to lead significant initiatives within the service or corporately working across, and with, a range of services, professions and partners. This includes policy development, corporate/strategic planning and managing change. Given the financial pressures faced by the public sector the successful candidate will also need to be able to identify efficiencies and potential income generation.

• Be responsible for overseeing the delivery and effectiveness of activities undertaken by the Trading Standards and Licensing services.
• Manage the enforcement, compliance and advisory activities of these teams to ensure that the Authority’s Corporate aims and objectives are achieved.
• Provide advice, guidance and expertise at all levels to users of the service, including the preparation of statutory annual reports, reports to Licensing Committee, Scrutiny Committees, Cabinet and Council and present these reports where relevant.
• Represent these regulatory services at internal and external meetings, and develop policies and procedures relevant to the work of the services in general.

In exchange for your skills and commitment, we offer a range of employee benefits including:

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements to help you manage work and personal commitments.
• Annual Leave: A competitive annual leave allowance to support your well-being.
• Pension Scheme: A generous employer pension contribution scheme.
• Family Benefits: Enhanced benefits to support you and your family.
• Lifestyle Savings: Access to savings and discounts on various lifestyle expenses.
• Health and Well-being: Employee health and wellness packages to promote a healthy work environment.

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.