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Please apply online by clicking the link below



There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council.
We've got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference.
Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services.
If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.
Trading Standards Officer
About the Role: 
As a Trading Standards Officer you will be required to carry out the full range of statutory trading standards enforcement duties, depending on qualifications and competency, in relation to weights and measures, food standards, intellectual property, fair trading law, consumer product safety, credit, feeding stuffs and fertilisers, doorstep crime and underage sales.
You will carry out criminal compliance enforcement activities across the regulatory service functions whilst working within a generic team carrying out inspections, projects, and investigations into complex and serious breaches of trading standards legislation, identify legal contraventions and select, recommend and execute appropriate enforcement activity based on assessed risk.
You will have sole responsibility for undertaking this work and the duties will include presenting solutions to bring a resolution to complex issues.
About the candidate:
We would like to hear from you if you have the relevant experience to comply with the training, qualifications and competence requirements and you must hold the following qualification:
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<li>Professional CTSI qualification: Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS) or its equivalent Weights and Measures and Food Standards modules are essential for this role.</li>
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Should you wish to discuss informally, please contact&nbsp;Gill Vicary on 0151 691 8377 or 07796 696 189 or email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:gillvicary@wirral.gov.uk" target="_blank">gillvicary@wirral.gov.uk</a>.
Interviews to be held on Tuesday 16th September 2025. 
This post requires a DBS check. The Safer Recruitment &amp; Employment Policy and the Disclosures for Recruitment Procedure can be found at: <a href="https://www.wirral.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/job-vacancies/safer-recruitment-and-employment" target="_blank">https://www.wirral.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/job-vacancies/safer-recruit…</a>
If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest employment and skills team on <a href="mailto:info@involvenorthwest.org.uk" target="_blank">info@involvenorthwest.org.uk</a> or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.
If you're already a Wirral Council employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we're committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing <a href="mailto:recruitment@wirral.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@wirral.gov.uk</a>
Working at Wirral
You'll also want to know what it's like to work here so, as a start:
Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things, and behave.
We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We're serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You'll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.
We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.
We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
Each voice is heard; each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions difference and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.
We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you'd like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible, please contact <a href="mailto:recruitment@wirral.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@wirral.gov.uk</a>
Please note that in accordance with the Council's policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.
It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.
Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.
Applications can only be accepted through the Jobs page following registration.&nbsp; Forms received via the post will not be processed.
All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK.&nbsp; Details of required documents can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the Jobs page.
The job description and other supporting documents will not be accessible once the vacancy closing date has passed so if a copy is required you should download it now.
We do not accept applications or CV's from recruitment agencies, unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.

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Please apply online via the link provided.



Director of Wales Full-time, flexibility or part-time considered Wales Cardiff Last day to apply: 29/08/2025 About us Learning and Work Institute is an independent policy and research organisation focused on lifelong learning and better work. Our vision is for a fair and prosperous society where learning and work enable everyone to realise their potential. We research what works, influence policy, and develop new ideas to improve practice. The Role Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £64,450-£77,880 This is a key role in Learning and Work Institute, leading our team and work in Wales and part of L&amp;Ws Senior Management Team. It aims to further increase our impact on learning, skills and employment in Wales, including by: growing and diversifying our income; increasing our profile; managing our strategic partnerships and exercising influence at the higher levels in Wales; and ensuring we deliver high quality policy, research and events that makes a difference to policy and practice. The role is also a member of L&amp;Ws Senior Management Team, working across the organisation, ensuring we work in a joined up way, that L&amp;W is an engaging and supportive place to work, and leading on specific organisational initiatives. Duties and Responsibilities - Income generation and diversification. Identify and secure new sources of income including the production of high quality, successful funding applications, working with colleagues across the organisation where appropriate. - Strategy and financial planning. Lead development and implementation of L&amp;Ws strategic plan in Wales, including working with our Wales Strategy Group and maximizing opportunities for impact, and ensuring the financial sustainability of L&amp;W’s work in Wales. - Stakeholder engagement. Build effective and productive relationships across the public, private and third sectors in Wales, including with ministers, special advisers and senior officials in the Welsh Government, and other key influencers, to maximise our impact - Leadership and management. Be an active member of SMT and organisational leader, promoting joined-up working and L&amp;W as a great place to work. Lead our Wales team, ensuring they have opportunities to further develop. Act at all times in an inclusive, collaborative, open way that lives our values. - Project management. Ensuring our portfolio of work in Wales is delivered on time, on budget, and to a high quality, and making the links between projects so they have maximum impact. - Strategic communications. Proactively promote L&amp;W’s external profile and key messages through PR, marketing and media activity. Ensure L&amp;W adheres at all times to Welsh language standards. - Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the CEO, including travel to other L&amp;W offices. About You Essential: - Ability to develop new business and income streams including responding to tenders and generating proactive funding from trusts and foundations - Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage a range of audiences. You will be confident on national platforms dealing with the media; writing for a range of different platforms and social media. - Leadership skills that include developing and motivating staff and teams, and ability to work collaboratively as part of the Senior Management Team - Ability to build and enhance networks, alliances and relationships at the highest level across stakeholders in Wales including politicians and policymakers - Well developed knowledge of the political and policy environment in Wales in the areas of learning, skills and employment - Excellent written and oral communication skills to influence and persuade, a confident presenter with the ability to relate to a wide range of audiences - Ability to effectively manage a portfolio of research and policy projects and events, delivered on time and on budget to a high quality - Ability to develop new business and income streams for L&amp;W including responding to tenders and generating proactive funding from trusts and foundations Desirable: - Understanding the fields of learning, skills and employment policy and practice across the UK and network of contacts in Wales and the UK - Knowledge or experience of governance requirements, such as working with Boards, in the third sector - An innovative and creative thinker with a record of transforming ideas into practice and ability to understand and analyse a range of research and policy - Ability to communicate through Welsh, and the confidence to do so The Package Salary of £64,450-£77,880 depending on experience and location - 31 days' holiday increasing to 33 days after 5 years’ service, of which 6 are shutdown days in addition to public holidays. - Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer contribution - Group Life Assurance 3*salary - Hybrid working (with 40%-60% of your time in the office) - Flexible working practices - Employee Development Scheme - Retailer Discounts - Enhanced occupational maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay - Enhanced occupational sick pay - Eye care scheme - Employee Assistance &amp; Wellbeing Programme - Gold award in Investors in People Details We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from different backgrounds. We are also committed to making reasonable adjustments for candidates who have accessibility requirements. If you possess the experience and attributes above and have a passion to support the delivery of our vision, then you could be the person we are seeking. Applications that include CV and covering letter are welcomed through the link below. The closing date for applications is 29th August 2025. Interviews will be held on after the closing date. Should you have any questions please contact the HR Team.

Director of Wales

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Letters of application can be sent to the:
Assistant Director of Governance and Legal&nbsp;
Wyre Council
Civic Centre
Poulton-le-Fylde
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Audit and Standards Committee Independent Member
Wyre Council are looking to recruit an Independent Member who will join the council’s Audit and Standards Committee.
The Committee’s Terms of Reference can be found in the Council’s Constitution which is published on our website.
As an Independent Member you will play an important role in enhancing the skills, experience and knowledge of the Audit and Standards Committee and supporting it to continue as a cornerstone of our governance and assurance framework.
The Committee, may be required to meet up to five times a year at the Civic Centre in Poulton-le-Fylde and the usual term of office is 4 years.&nbsp; These are voluntary positions; however, appointed members will be issued with a council device allowing them to access all on-line papers and are also able to claim mileage and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Anyone interested in this role must submit an application to the council demonstrating how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. The successful applicants will be recommended for approval by the Full Council, following which full training will be provided before your first meeting.
The appointment is not open to any person who has been an Elected Member, Parish Councillor or officer of Wyre Council within the last five years or a person who is a relative or close friend of an Elected Member or Officer of Wyre Council.&nbsp;
Anyone who is interested in this role is invited to observe the next meeting.

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