SLA10882 - Trainee Trading Standards Officer

Job Description

The Service is seeking to appoint a Trainee Trading Standards Officer.

The successful applicant should have a minimum of three highers, and national 5 (or equivalent) in Maths and English.

Ideally the applicant will be educated to degree level, the degree being in a law or science based subject.

The applicant will be required to complete and pass the Chartered Trading Standards Institute professional exams.

The applicant will assist and support the Trading Standards Services staff in the various areas of work including inspections, complaints, service requests and investigations whilst undertaking the Trading Standards Practitioner Certificate (TSPC) qualification. On gaining the TSPC the applicant will be authorised to carryout appropriate enforcement duties under the legislation enforced by Trading Standards Service (salary will be adjusted accordingly) whilst continuing to train and gain the Trading Standards Practitioner Diploma (TSPD)

Applicants should have excellent communication skills and be motivated to make a difference for consumers and businesses. You will also have excellent organisational skills and good IT skills.

You should be able to demonstrate that you can manage a workload being able to prioritise and organise.

It is desirable that you have experience of working with the general public, report writing and of providing effective presentations.

Requirements

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment history etc. As this post involves administration of the law, the preferred candidate will be subject to the Standard Disclosure check. The preferred candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure provided by Disclosure Scotland prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Applications online

Please note all correspondence will be sent to your email address.

South Lanarkshire Council are Equal Opportunities employees and encourage applications from all members of the community.   As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position. 

The Individual

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working including consideration of a condensed working weeks e.g 4 day working week, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)