Enforcement Officer (Road Traffic) - 02196

We are looking to recruit a Road Traffic Enforcement Officer within the Trading Standards section of the Public Protection Partnership (a partnership of West Berkshire, Wokingham and Bracknell-Forest Councils).

The role will be enforcing Weight Restriction Orders across all three Districts, and enforcing the Road Traffic Act with regard to overloaded commercial vehicles

The role

• Enforcement of Road Traffic legislation—observations and gathering evidence for Court of breaches of weight restrictions.
• Enforcement of overloaded commercial vehicles in conjunction with the Police and other agencies
• Gathering of evidence
• Interviewing of defendants
• creation of prosecution files for Court

We are ideally looking to offer the successful candidate the full number of hours advertised above. We may however consider offering less hours than advertised providing they meet the requirements of the role and service which will be determined by the recruiting manager.

This role requires a Basic DBS check

This role requires the incumbent to have a car available at work to undertake his/her duties as they will be expected to undertake at least 1500 business miles per year. Essential Car User statu attracts a lump sum allowance paid on a monthly basis and will be reviewed annually to ensure only employees driving 1500 miles or more receive this allowance

The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications, skills and attributes

• Driving licence
• Background in enforcement, evidence gathering, criminal investigations
• Ability to create prosecution files for Court
• Giving evidence in Court
• Competency in IT applications such as Word and Excel

Our offer to you

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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For an informal discussion about the role, please contact: Kevin Thompson, Principal Trading Standards Officer, kevin.thompson@westberks.gov.uk 07775 821928

Equal Opportunities

The Council supports Equal Opportunity of employment and positively encourages applications from people who fall within any of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

How to apply

Please now complete a short online application form. You will then be able to upload your CV.

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