Vape Compliance Support Officer

at  Kent County Council

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This full time post is for either a fixed term contract for external candidates or a secondment for internal candidates providing they have agreement from the substantive manager, and would therefore be open to both and dependent on the successful candidates circumstances. The duration of the post is until 31st October 2025.
Kent Trading Standards are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our successful Vape Compliance team, you will join the team in focusing on activity across the county to decrease the access of vape products to children under the legal age limit.
No prior enforcement or regulatory experience will be necessary for this support role, but would be beneficial. You will be well organised and a good communicator able to influence the behavior of retailers as well as liaising with partner agencies. You will also need good IT skills to collate data from visits and provide summary reports at regular intervals.
Our office is based in Ashford with capability for you to work from home where appropriate. You will be expected to work across Kent regularly to carry out visits, to support this, standard mileage rates are provided for use of your own vehicle (which will be necessary) as you will need to get to a variety of locations across the county on a daily basis.

COFFEE AND CHAT

Should you wish to find out more about the role, we will provide a “virtual” informal coffee and chat session on 14th February 2025. This is NOT mandatory and not part of the selection process. It is an informal opportunity to ask questions about how it feels to work in a compliance role in the Trading Standards service. If you are unsure if this role is for you, then this is a perfect opportunity to help you to decide.

To obtain the link for the coffee and chat please email Oliver Jewell on Oliver.jewell@kent.gov.uk or Jim Whiddett on James.whiddett@kent.gov.uk.

• To apply please submit your details via the KCC jobs portal.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

• Remote and flexible working,
• A commitment to continual professional development and training
• Support from the dedicated Consumer and Public Safety Team
• Exclusive staff discounts/cashback on a range of products and services through our Kent Rewards programme.
• Access to a range of KCC staff groups providing support and development opportunities to staff across our diverse workforce.
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support.
  To be shortlisted for interview you will need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the person specification in the Job Description.