Commercial Services Support Officer

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities. 

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

Brighter Future

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The Support Officer will be responsible for a varied caseload across the disciplines covered by the Commercial Services Team, including the administrative work associated with external contractors undertaking food hygiene inspections, processing food business registrations, monitoring and  allocation of incoming work, responding to queries and complaints, data inputting, updating Council webpages, supporting education and awareness campaigns (including food hygiene training), providing performance data where required, and carrying out questionnaires in relation to food poisoning and infectious diseases, as well as with low-risk food businesses.

As part of the wider Regulatory Services Department, the Commercial Services Team works closely with the Trading Standards, Licensing and Environmental Protection services helping with improved service delivery and providing personal development across a range of service areas.

Working as part of a busy team you will need to have a flexible approach to service delivery to meet your personal objectives and the performance standards of the wider team. You will require excellent verbal and written communication skills, good time management and enjoy being part of a vibrant team.

ICT equipment is provided to allow for agile and flexible working for a combination of office and home working, as required. Cheshire East Council is committed to supporting a good work life balance and offers a flexi-time scheme with the potential to take up to 18 ‘flexi’ days leave per year and up to 31 days annual leave (pro rata as appropriate), as well as bank holidays. For the right applicant consideration can be given to part time working as well as full time.

If you think you have the skills and drive to contribute and compliment the service, then this may be the opportunity for you.

For more details on this role please contact Sarah Sutton, Commercial Services Team Leader on 07805 694812 or email sarah.sutton@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.

For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk 

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