I have always lived on the coastline in Devon and I was seeking a flexible job that would allow me to have a career in Exeter whilst still living in a more rural area, enjoying the countryside and beaches. Devon County Council\u2019s flexible working policies and numerous office bases seemed like the perfect match.<\/p>\n
I began my career in the Trading Standards Service team as an apprentice in 2010. As part of my apprenticeship I studied towards an NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Business Administration whilst at the same time gaining experience in the different areas that Trading Standards had to offer. My varied role included working on Petroleum and Explosive licencing; visiting and inspecting local businesses.<\/p>\n
Before my 2 year apprenticeship ended I was employed as a Trading Standards Officer, and soon started to study towards the professional qualifications whilst working in the Compliance team. This role involved investigating complaints and advising businesses.<\/p>\n
I worked in several different teams to gather the required experience and decided on a career in the newly formed Intelligence Unit. I am now a qualified Trading Standards Officer having completed my Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards and was recently successful in securing a new role as a Senior Intelligence Officer. My role is to ensure the service is intelligence led, targeting resources at the issues causing the highest consumer and business detriment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"casestudy_category":[5,2],"class_list":["post-1197","wd_case_study","type-wd_case_study","status-publish","hentry","wd_casecat-communities","wd_casecat-apprenticeships"],"acf":{"job_title":"Senior Intelligence Officer","area_of_work":"Trading Standards"},"category_details":[{"id":5,"name":"Communities","slug":"communities","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/casestudy\/category\/communities\/"},{"id":2,"name":"Apprenticeships","slug":"apprenticeships","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/casestudy\/category\/apprenticeships\/"}],"featured_image":false,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wd_case_study"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy\/1197\/revisions\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wd_casecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy_category?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}