Closing date: 12/08/2026
Reference: REQ106715
37 hours / Permanent
50,269 - 52,413 *
Penmorfa, Aberaeron
- All salary values are pro-rata.
About the role
Please note that the advertised salary for this position is subject to the pending 2026/2027 national pay award. The final salary will be adjusted accordingly once this has been agreed.
The successful candidate may be eligible to up to a maximum of £8,000 (including VAT) towards the cost of expenses incurred as a result of relocating to Ceredigion. For further information please email
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Ceredigion County Council is seeking an experienced and committed individual to lead the Council’s Trading Standards and Licensing services.
About the Role
As the Trading Standards and Licensing Manager, you will provide operational leadership and management to ensure that Trading Standards and Licensing services are delivered effectively in accordance with statutory requirements and to integrate the work of these services within the Council’s corporate framework, policies, values, practices and priorities.
Additionally, this role will involve fulfilling the Council’s statutory responsibilities as Chief Weights and Measures Inspector, Lead Food Standards Officer and Lead Feed Officer.
About You
To excel in this role, you will need to have:
Educational Background: Educated to degree-level and possess the Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS) or equivalent antecedent
Knowledge and experience: Have a broad range of post-qualification experience, including experience of managing complex criminal investigations, coupled with a comprehensive understanding of the technical aspects of the relevant legislative frameworks, policies, and key issues associated with this role, and have experience of acting as (or deputising for) the Chief Weights and Measures Inspector in accordance with the Weights and Measures Act 1985
Strategic Planning Skills: Have experience of leading change within a complex organisation with an ability to lead significant initiatives within the service or corporately working across, and with, a range of services, professions and partners. This includes policy development, corporate/strategic planning and managing change. Given the financial pressures faced by the public sector the successful candidate will also need to be able to identify efficiencies and potential income generation
On a day-to-day basis you will:
be responsible for overseeing the delivery and effectiveness of activities undertaken by the Trading Standards and Licensing services
manage the enforcement, compliance and advisory activities of these teams to ensure that the Authority’s Corporate aims and objectives are achieved
provide advice, guidance and expertise at all levels to users of the service, including the preparation of statutory annual reports, reports to Licensing Committee, Scrutiny Committees, Cabinet and Council and present these reports where relevant
represent these regulatory services at internal and external meetings, and develop policies and procedures relevant to the work of the services in general
What we Offer
In exchange for your skills and commitment, we offer a range of employee benefits including:
Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements to help you manage work and personal commitments
Annual Leave: A competitive annual leave allowance to support your well-being
Pension Scheme: A generous employer pension contribution scheme
Family Benefits: Enhanced benefits to support you and your family
Lifestyle Savings: Access to savings and discounts on various lifestyle expenses
Health and Well-being: Employee health and wellness packages to promote a healthy work environment
Job Description and Person Specification
Team Ceredigion Information Pack
Get in touch
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Carwen Evans, Corporate Manager Public Protection –
[email protected]
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
What we offer
Work-life balance
Lifestyle savings scheme
Generous employer pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and development
Where you'll work
Policy, Performance and Public Protection
We lead on corporate performance, corporate policy, strategic partnerships, engagement, community cohesion and civil contingencies, and also are responsible for strategic and operational responsibility for public protection: environmental health, food fraud, licencing and trading standards. Our key functions are as follows:
Complaints, Compliments and FOI
Corporate Performance and Policy: Corporate performance; Property gazetteer; Research
Public Protection: Environmental health; Food fraud; Licencing; Trading standards; Pollution Control; Pest Control; Weights and Measures; Communicable Diseases; Health and Safety; Animal Health.
Strategic Partnerships, Engagement and Research: Business continuity; Civil contingencies; Community safety partnership; Engagement; Equality; Public service board; Refugee programm
Penmorfa
Penmorfa is our most central office, it is where our Chief Executive and Councillors are based.
Aberaeron
Aberaeron is a picture perfect harbour town and is one of Ceredigion's best loved holiday destinations with fashionable places to stay and eat.
