Job Description

Salary

Grade 10 - 45,718 - 48,710

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Open Ended

Package

Gateway Payment - 2,000
Golden Hello payment - 8,000
Relocation Package - 8,000 where applicable

Job category/type

Trading Standards and Environmental Health

Job reference

REQAA6465

Job Title: Lead Officer (Trading Standards)

Location: Pembrokeshire

Directorate: Social Care, Housing and Public Protection

Service Area: Public Protection

Grade: 10

Reporting to: Public Protection Manager - Health and Consumer Protection

Job Advert:

Are you ready to manage a dynamic team ensuring compliance, maintaining high standards and protecting consumers across Pembrokeshire?



As our appointed

Lead Officer for Trading Standards,

you will be responsible for the organisation and delivery of the core Trading Standards functions throughout Pembrokeshire, with the 'exclusion' of food standards and animal health and welfare which sit under other Leads.



We're looking for an experienced and dedicated Trading Standards Lead Officer to manage a team of officers and to ensure efficient and effective delivery of Trading Standards services across the County, whilst developing and maintaining specialist professional knowledge.

Your Role:

Lead specialist for Trading Standards, providing expert advice, guidance, and support to colleagues within the Authority. Full line management responsibility for a team of Trading Standards officers and Fair Trading inspectors, ensuring team performance meets service aims and objectives. Work in partnership with other organisations and local authorities, on the identification and delivery of trading standards priorities. Produce and implement the Council's Trading Standards Service Delivery Plan. Appointed as the Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Authority, you will be responsible for calibrating and maintaining the Authority's weights and measures standards and equipment, and will support the team in inspecting, testing, verifying, and certifying weighing and measuring equipment for trade activities. Undertake a comprehensive range of professional and specialist duties, ensuring the Council meets its obligations and upholds its policies and practices effectively. Enforce relevant legislation, conduct inspections, and oversee investigations. Investigate complaints and incidents, ensuring appropriate actions and legal reviews. Engage in Primary Authority Partnership activities. To respond to applications made under the Licensing Act 2003, as a 'responsible authority'. Participate in audits, develop action plans, and respond to consultations and information requests. Monitor expenditure, comply with health and safety, and adhere to corporate policies.

Please refer to the job description for full details of the role.

About You

Qualification:

You must hold one of the following qualifications:
CTSI Trading Standards Practitioner Diploma (Trading Standards Advanced Practitioner and Chartered Status desirable). Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS) or equivalent, or Degree in Trading Standards or equivalent, including Metrology, or Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS) including Metrology, or

Experience and Skills:

Proven regulatory experience in local government, including inspections and investigations, plus team management. Strong IT proficiency, analytical abilities, and the confidence to enforce legal standards tactfully. A full valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for business purposes are essential. Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Job Working Environment:

Whlst this role offers a blend of home-based work in line with the Council's Hybrid Working Policy, the role involves working at a variety of locations including site visits to businesses around Pembrokeshire and occasionally out of County. The role may encounter challenging working environments and occasional confrontational situations. Flexibility to occasionally work outside regular office hours may be required to meet service delivery needs and fulfill the Authority's responsibilities.

Employee Benefits:

As well as offering the opportunity to live, work and enjoy a beautiful part of the country, we offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits, which include:


Competitive salary, fair and transparent pay structure, and nationally agreed annual pay awards. An additional 'Gateway Payment' of 2,000 (as outlined in the Pay Structure Maintenance Policy s.4.3)*
Generous annual leave entitlement of 26 working days paid leave per year - rising to 31 days after 5 years' continuous service (pro rata) 8 additional public holidays (pro rata) Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme Employee Volunteering Scheme with up to three days paid time off to volunteer Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme membership (career average defined benefit pension scheme) Wide and supportive range of Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing resources, including a professional in-house occupational health service Extensive learning resources to support career development Career growth pathways Generous occupational Maternity and Paternity pay plans, in excess of statutory benefits Salary Sacrifice Car and Cycle Schemes Access to a wide range of discounts and offers Occupational Sick Pay (dependent on length of service) Flexible working and smarter working opportunities Relocation package for eligible candidates.

Why Join Us?

You'll enjoy a varied and impactful role, working across diverse locations in a beautiful region. We support professional development and offer the opportunity to make a real difference in consumer protection and business compliance.

Apply today to take the next step in your Trading Standards career!

'Working together, improving lives'

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.



Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.



This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023. Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.