Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer
Royal Borough of Greenwich
London, UK
Published 1 week ago
Business Compliance
Full time
Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer
This is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in investigations and consumer protection to be part ofan award winning, dynamic team within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
You will be an apprentice embedded within the Trading Standards team. Trading Standards enforce regulations that protect customers and good businesses. This includes criminal investigations of rogue traders, tackling counterfeit and unsafe goods, and making sure businesses act fairly within legal requirements.
As a Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer you will focus on Trading Standards with an emphasis on illicit tobacco and vape enforcement within a division that covers a wide range of regulatory services.
The role requires an attention to detail as well as the ability to act confidently with a diverse range of traders and consumers. The role will include taking statements from vulnerable consumers, conducting formal interviews of traders, and seizing substantial quantities of illicit goods. The wide range of activities you will engage in require good organisation skills and an ability to prioritise. You must be able to behave sensitively around others and maintain confidentiality where needed. You will be expected to write your own clear and concise reports and to record your activities accurately on an intelligence database.
It is a requirement of the position that you complete the Level 6 Trading Standards Professional apprenticeship. This will allow you to progress within the Trading Standards Qualification Framework and eventually lead to you becoming a fully qualified Trading Standards Officer (TSO). There is currently a national shortage of TSO's with a wide range of career opportunities available to qualified TSO's.
To be eligible for the government funding that is required to complete this programme, you will need to prove:
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contactCenred Elworthy; cenred.elworthy@royalgreenwich.gov.uk 020 8921 8180
If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.
DBS: This role requires a Basic DBS.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Apprenticeship Royal Greenwich Residency Requirement :
To be eligible to apply for this role you must be living in the Royal borough of Greenwich; or if living outside Royal Greenwich, be in the care of Royal Borough of Greenwich as defined below*
• *Open to children 16 to 18 years who are looked after and have been for more than 13 weeks (which does not need to be all one period); AND
• *Open to care leavers who can be young people aged between 16 and 24 years (to 25th birthday) who were looked after by Children's Services for a period of 13 weeks or more since the age of 14 (which does not need to be all one period) but must include a time after the 16th birthday.
Apprentice right to work in UK:
To be eligible to apply for apprenticeships at Royal Greenwich you must have the right to work in the UK and have ordinarily been a resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship*
*Please note: Government funding is required to complete the apprenticeship qualification. If you have been granted leave to remain status, this must cover the entire duration of the contract to be eligible for funding and for your application to move to the next stage. Please see Apprenticeship Funding Rules for more information.
The duration of the contract is typically 18 months but could be longer
Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in investigations and consumer protection to be part ofan award winning, dynamic team within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
You will be an apprentice embedded within the Trading Standards team. Trading Standards enforce regulations that protect customers and good businesses. This includes criminal investigations of rogue traders, tackling counterfeit and unsafe goods, and making sure businesses act fairly within legal requirements.
As a Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer you will focus on Trading Standards with an emphasis on illicit tobacco and vape enforcement within a division that covers a wide range of regulatory services.
The role requires an attention to detail as well as the ability to act confidently with a diverse range of traders and consumers. The role will include taking statements from vulnerable consumers, conducting formal interviews of traders, and seizing substantial quantities of illicit goods. The wide range of activities you will engage in require good organisation skills and an ability to prioritise. You must be able to behave sensitively around others and maintain confidentiality where needed. You will be expected to write your own clear and concise reports and to record your activities accurately on an intelligence database.
It is a requirement of the position that you complete the Level 6 Trading Standards Professional apprenticeship. This will allow you to progress within the Trading Standards Qualification Framework and eventually lead to you becoming a fully qualified Trading Standards Officer (TSO). There is currently a national shortage of TSO's with a wide range of career opportunities available to qualified TSO's.
To be eligible for the government funding that is required to complete this programme, you will need to prove:
- You have been a resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship
- If you have been granted leave to remain status, this must cover the entire duration of the contract
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contactCenred Elworthy; cenred.elworthy@royalgreenwich.gov.uk 020 8921 8180
If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.
DBS: This role requires a Basic DBS.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Apprenticeship Royal Greenwich Residency Requirement :
To be eligible to apply for this role you must be living in the Royal borough of Greenwich; or if living outside Royal Greenwich, be in the care of Royal Borough of Greenwich as defined below*
• *Open to children 16 to 18 years who are looked after and have been for more than 13 weeks (which does not need to be all one period); AND
• *Open to care leavers who can be young people aged between 16 and 24 years (to 25th birthday) who were looked after by Children's Services for a period of 13 weeks or more since the age of 14 (which does not need to be all one period) but must include a time after the 16th birthday.
Apprentice right to work in UK:
To be eligible to apply for apprenticeships at Royal Greenwich you must have the right to work in the UK and have ordinarily been a resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship*
*Please note: Government funding is required to complete the apprenticeship qualification. If you have been granted leave to remain status, this must cover the entire duration of the contract to be eligible for funding and for your application to move to the next stage. Please see Apprenticeship Funding Rules for more information.
The duration of the contract is typically 18 months but could be longer
Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.