This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Trading Standards Officer
• Job Location:                     Quayside House 
• Salary:                              £37,280 - £40,777 per annum 
• Hours per Week:                37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                    07/09/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:    8582 
• This post is open to job share

Join Our Team at Gloucestershire County Council's Trading Standards Service

About The Role

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic person with experience in Trading Standards, or a similar enforcement role? If so, we invite you to apply to join our service as a Trading Standards Officer. In this role, you will use your exprience to deliver specialist advice to a range of businesses in relation to complex legislation. You will work closely with others in the team, internal partners and a range of external stakeholders to protect Gloucestershire consumers and businesses.

Additionally, you will be responsible for leading criminal investigations as well as providing excellent witness and victim care.  This role requires a mix of office, home and on-site work as well as occasional evening and weekend working in order to serve the residents and businesses of Gloucestershire.

About Us
 
As you’d expect, we offer an attractive package of benefits which makes a career in Local Government both flexible and rewarding. Here are some of the benefits we offer in return for your hard work.
 
•    Flexible and agile working opportunities
•    25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays.(pro-rata)
•    Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
•    Free offsite car parking.
•    Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular 121 supervision.
•    Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and  high street retailers.
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
•    Cycle to Work scheme.
•    Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
 
 

How to apply 
 
If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
 
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Steven Toppin via email at steve.toppin@gloucestershire.gov.uk
 
Interviews will take place 24th- 26th September 2025.
 

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Trading Standards - Job Profile

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. 

This Position is subject to Non Police Personel Vetting (NPPV) Level 2 Abbreviated).  A full UK Driving Licence is required for this role. 

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.