Trading Standards Officer in Middlesbrough

We have an exciting role on offer within our Public Protection Service as a Trading Standards Officer.

The Public Protection Service is seeking to recruit a qualified and experienced Trading Standards Officer to work as part of a dynamic Trading Standards Team within a multi-disciplinary service which includes Trading Standards, Licensing, Environmental Health, Environmental Protection, and Private Sector Housing.

To be successful in this role you need either:

a degree or diploma in Trading Standards, or

a Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS), or

Level 6 Trading Standards Professional apprenticeship, or

Trading Standards Practitioner, including metrology, or equivalent.

Candidates should ideally have at least 2 years’ experience as a Trading Standards Officer working in trading standards enforcement.

Applications will also be considered from candidates who are in the final stages of obtaining any of the above qualifications and who are expected to qualify within the next 3 to 6 months.

You will have responsibility for focusing on the enforcement of fair trading, product safety and tobacco control legislation, using an intelligence led approach, working closely with other enforcement agencies to support the service to achieve its broader public protection aims.

If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!

If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact, Caroline McNamara, Principal Public Protection Officer (Acting Up), at caroline_mcnamara@middlesbrough.gov.uk or call 01642 728296.

Please note Middlesbrough Council do not currently offer sponsorships.

We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.