Job overview

Advert Trading Standards Officer

Council Offices

14 hours per week

Permanent

£48,017 - £50,919 pro rata

£26.31 - £27.90 per hour

The above amounts include Distant islands Allowance.

You will be reporting to the Service Manager Trading Standards.

Your working pattern is 2 days per week, 9am – 5pm. We are happy to talk flexible working, where possible.

The purpose of this role is to provide the full range of Trading Standards statutory duties in line with any applicants qualification, ensuring a fair and safe trading environment in Orkney is maintained, covering diverse areas of work including consumer and business advice, legal metrology, product safety, animal welfare and fair trading/scams.

You should have good knowledge of computer systems as the record keeping and database management systems required in the role are all computer based.

The necessary qualification, experience and skills required for this role are detailed in the ‘must have’ section of the attached job profile. These criteria are used for decisions on shortlisting and appointment of applicants.

This post requires a Level 1 Disclosure check.

Interview expenses are payable for this post, click here for further information.

Relocation package is available in line with Council Policy for this post, click here for the Relocation Policy.

Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 21 June 2026, with shortlisting taking place week commencing 8 June 2026 and interviews are scheduled for week commencing 29 June 2026.

For a discussion about the role, contact Gary Foubister at gary.foubister@orkney.gov.uk or on 01856 886444.

For information on applying and our recruitment process, click here for Information for Applicants.

We would welcome your feedback on our recruitment process.

Skills or experience needed

Trading Standards Officer ORK10332

Salary and benefits

£48,017 - £50,919 per year

Location details

line with any applicants qualification

Application instructions

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