Senior Trading Standards Officer
Core
Lead enforcement, advisory, and investigative activities to protect consumers, support businesses, and ensure compliance with trading standards legislation including food safety, product safety, counterfeit goods, and fair trading.
Role type
Senior Trading Standards Officer (Enforcement & Compliance)
Builds
Regulatory enforcement actions, prosecution cases, and consumer protection initiatives for local authorities and businesses.
Domain
Public Sector / Consumer Protection / Regulatory Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Investigative and analytical skills, legal knowledge of trading standards, evidence preparation, court representation, inspection and audit execution, mentoring and coaching, policy formulation, stakeholder partnership management
Preferred skills
Experience in complex enforcement areas (motor trade, IP infringement, scams), technical report production, managing contractors
Technologies
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 procedures, electronic records systems
Responsibilities
Lead complex investigations and prepare prosecution files, conduct inspections and audits of trade premises, represent the authority in court proceedings, mentor colleagues and support apprentices, coordinate specialist subject areas and allocate work, interpret analytical results from product safety samples
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities