West Sussex Trading Standards is an intelligence led service with a current key objective of supporting economic growth within a large county council area. We aim to do this by supporting businesses to compete fairly, but where the market place is distorted by unfair or deceptive practices then we will take appropriate enforcement action. West Sussex County Council contains three distinct economic areas which provide a truly diverse range of businesses, from industrial parks to rural farming and from tourism to retail.
This is an opportunity for a confident and experienced professional to demonstrate how they can make a difference. Your responsibilities will cover the full range of Trading Standards duties across the County including planned interventions, investigations, complaints and enquiries.
As a qualified Trading Standards Officer, you will need recent enforcement experience and your communication, organisational, team working and computer skills should be first class. You will also need to be able to travel independently to other locations across the county.


West Sussex is also willing to consider opening up this post as a trainee position to the right applicant. You will be expected to commit to a course of study whilst working for the Service, during which time a series of exams need to be passed and a core skills training portfolio completed. There is an expectation that you will be willing to complete study and portfolio write-ups in your own time.