Trading Standards Officer

Middlesbrough Council • Middlesbrough, England • Posted June 08, 2026

About the Role

We have an exciting role on offer within our Public Protection Service as a Trading Standards Officer.

The Public Protection Service is seeking to recruit a qualified and experienced Trading Standards Officer to work as part of a dynamic Trading Standards Team within a multi-disciplinary service which includes Trading Standards, Licensing, Environmental Health, Environmental Protection, and Private Sector Housing.

To be successful in this role you need either:

a degree or diploma in Trading Standards, or

a Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS), or

Level 6 Trading Standards Professional apprenticeship, or

Trading Standards Practitioner, including metrology, or equivalent.

Candidates should ideally have at least 2 years’ experience as a Trading Standards Officer working in trading standards enforcement.

Applications will also be considered from candidates who are in the final ...