Full Time / 37 hours per week / Permanent
Are you ambitious, looking to study and work and be paid at the same time? This is your chance to learn and earn.
We are looking to hire you to undertake the Level 6 Trading Standards Professional Apprenticeship whilst working in the role of a Trading Standards Officer. The role will involve you enforcing new regulations on cigarettes, tobacco and vapes as well as being trained on the full range of trading standards duties
Do you see yourself investigating complaints, inspecting and providing compliance advice to businesses, testing purchases and samples and working in partnership with the Police, HMRC, other council departments and government agencies that investigate serious and organised crime? In this role you will have legal powers that help you to collect evidence, seize offending products and take legal action against offenders.
Our dynamic, multi-disciplined team enforce and promote trading standards in a wide range of work areas, in particular fair trading, doorstep crime, metrology, scams, and product safety) across the city. We protect the health and well-being of our citizens and encourage businesses to prosper.
Undertaking investigations; you’ll gather evidence including witness statements and expert opinions to create robust cases for formal enforcement. You’ll prepare reports to brief colleagues, senior officers (including legal services) and create legislative briefings. Liaising with key partners including regional Trading Standards services, HMRC, Police and other organisations, you’ll support the work of the service. In addition, you may be required to provide evidence in civil and criminal enforcement action in court as required.
Take the first step towards a career with purpose!
To find out more about a career in Trading Standards, you can check the Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s page on apprenticeships: https://www.tradingstandards.uk/practitioners/training-development/apprenticeships/ and the CSA apprenticeship brochure: Level 6 Trading Standards Professional (Tobacco & Vapes legislation) - Credit Services Association
The successful candidate will need to be in post no later than end of September 2025 in order to join one of the apprenticeship cohorts at CSA.
What you'll need:
You will be an effective communicator with skills proficient in liaising with stakeholders, being able to hold your own during challenges and maintaining a calm and professional attitude. You will be able to analyse and interpret data and produce reports and written correspondence for legal purposes. You will also be able to work on your own initiative and be adaptable to conflicting demands and difficult situations. You will need to be able to be organised but also work under pressure.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
Interviews / Assessments will take place week commencing 18th of August
