Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001713

Date posted

28/07/2025

Apply by

11/08/2025

Salary

30,060

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Trading Standards

Fair Trading Officer

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

TRADING STANDARDS

An opportunity has arisen to join the Safety and Investigations Team within the Public Health and Protection Division.





We are looking for a highly motivated person to join our Trading Standards Service. The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, forward thinking team to enforce and advise on current Safety and Fair Trading legislation to manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.





The candidate will also deal with complaints, enquiries and investigations assigned to the team, take part in survey work, liaise and work with other teams within Public Health and Protection Division and external agencies.





The candidate will need to have Enforcement experience and knowledge of Safety and Fair Trading legislation along with knowledge and experience of criminal investigation and prosecution processes. The candidate will be expected to be suitably qualified to carry out this role and it would be desirable for the candidate to possess the Diploma in Consumer Affairs & Trading Standards or equivalent.





The post has potential for career progression to Grade 8





The post will be based at Public Health and Protection, Ty Elai, Dinas Isaf East, Williamstown, Tonypandy CF40 1NY





For an informal chat please contact Darran Davies on 07799132175.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.