Enforcement officer

Salary: £31,537 to £34,434 per annum

Grade/Band: H

Vacancy Hours: 37 Hours per week, Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Weekend Working: Yes (Occasional)

This is an opportunity for an experienced trading standards enforcement officer, or someone new to trading standards but with an investigative or regulatory background, to join our experienced and friendly Trading Standards investigations team.

The team investigates all types of fair trading and product safety matters with an emphasis on protecting vulnerable consumers, as well as looking into unfair trading which affects our local businesses or is to the detriment of North Yorkshire's well-deserved reputation as a fantastic visitor destination. Recent investigations have included doorstep crime and non-compliant building work, unsafe stoves, unroadworthy and 'clocked' cars, counterfeit furniture and fake fishing lines, so you can be sure you will have a varied and interesting caseload.

The Trading Standards service is a member of the Yorkshire and the Humber Trading Standards Group and North Yorkshire Council hosts the regional intelligence unit, the regional illegal tobacco officer, and the National Trading Standards e-Crime digital forensic lab and disruption team, so you will have the chance to work with colleagues across the region and to contribute to regional and national fair trading projects.

You will be required to maintain at least 20 hours CPPD per year and will have the benefit of membership of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute as part of our CPPD verification scheme.

This is a hybrid post with the opportunity for a mix of office and home-based working. You will be required to work across the whole of North Yorkshire when necessary. The post is based in Scarborough although consideration may be given to a different work base.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

* a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
* salary sacrifice schemes
* employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more
* travel loans
* Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Jo Boutflower on or by email to or Jim McCluskey on or by email to

Key Documents

Job Description

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Key Dates

Closing Date: 10 October 2025

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Enforcement Officer

Salary: £31,537 - £34,434

Posted: 23/09/2025

Closing date: 10/10/2025

Closing time: 23:59