Decision details

Restructuring of the Trading Standards team

Decision Maker: Director of Environment

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To realign the management reporting lines for the Trading Standards Team and to create a refreshed team with up-to-date revisions to the job descriptions and person specifications offering enhanced career progression for officers and improve retention of officers. This will also enable the relevant recruitment to take place within the budgetary envelope provided as the team deliver the priorities detailed in the report.

Decision:

RESOLVED - That:

the Council :-

Create a modernized and updated Trading Standards team with enhanced career progression for officers and improve the retention of officers.

Develop and resource the team appropriately to respond to the highlighted priority areas of work as detailed in the report.

Reasons for the decision:

Option 1 - Restructure the team for the reasons detailed in the report
Option 2 - do not restructure the team and fail to respond to the statutory duties listed in the report

Alternative options considered:

Option 2 rejected

Other reasons / organisations consulted

None

Contact: Neil Crabtree, Assistant Director - Public Protection Email: neil.crabtree@oldham.gov.uk Email: neil.crabtree@oldham.gov.uk.

Publication date: 12/09/2025

Date of decision: 24/07/2025

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