Imports Compliance Officer - Kent Trading Standards

Role Responsibility

Kent Trading Standards are offering an exciting opportunity, for self-motivated and dynamic individuals to join the imports compliance team based in Dover. As a Compliance Officer within the Ports Team, your primary focus will be on determining if imported products are safe to enter the United Kingdom and be used by the general public. As part of the UK Border Controls, collaborative working with partner agencies will form an essential part of this role.

The successful candidate will enjoy a challenging, problem-solving role within a dynamic environment.

You will have proven problem-solving skills along with demonstrable communication and interpersonal skills. Along with having an enquiring mind the post holder must have an attention to detail an ability to work both within a team environment and using their own initiative.

Flexibility is key, as is an ability to objectively assess, manage and prioritise your caseload. The successful candidate must also demonstrate a willingness to actively engage in the work of the unit including supporting colleagues to ensure that deadlines are met.

Although this is a hybrid working position with a mix of working from home and the office, the team cover a variety of port locations and inland border facilities throughout Kent and the successful candidate will be expected to regularly attend and work at these locations often at short notice in order to meet the demands of the service. This role is therefore subject to the holding of a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and Police Vetting. The post holder will also be required to successfully complete a Non-Police Personnel Vetting Level 2 prior to confirmation in the post.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

Interviews are scheduled for 26th and 28^th June 2023.

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.

Contact Details

For further information about this role please contact hiring manager, Mike Johnson on Tel: 03000 418663 or via email to michael.johnson@kent.gov.uk to find out more.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.