Trading Standards Authorised Officer - ANG06320


Company:	Angus Council
Salary:	£28,351 to £39,048 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Arbroath, DD11 3TP
Working pattern:	Hybrid
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Sept 2026
Closing date:	20 Sept 2026

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Summary

Job Description

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 4 - Hybrid

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

This post is for a Trading Standards Authorised Officer. The post will involve a commitment to register on the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards Qualification Framework and complete Stage 1 of their training to gain the Trading Standards Practitioner Certificate.

This role involves all aspects of Trading Standards duties including consumer advice, business compliance and scam prevention.

An enthusiastic and flexible approach is essential to deal with a wide and varying workload.

Placing within the grade will be in accordance with the professional career grade structure.

Please note interviews will be held Tuesday, 6 October 2026.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the

"applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the

"welcome to Angus" document and our website

https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.

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