Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service is led by the Head of Trading Standards, Business Support and Innovation.
Reporting directly to the Head of Trading Standards, Business Support and Innovation are:
- Operations Manager (Business Support and Innovation)
- Operations Manager (Intelligence and Investigations)
- Legal Process Manager
- Operational Support Team Manager.
Service teams
Most Managers oversees one or more teams within the service:
Operations Manager (Business Support and Innovation)
The Operations Manager (Business Support and Innovation) oversees the following teams:
Business Support and Innovation (Trading Standards)
- Overseen by Business Support and Innovation Group Manager.
- Three Trading Standards teams each with a Team Manager:
- Team one: 10 full-time equivalent staff (FTEs)
- Team two: 10.5 FTEs
- Team three: 10 FTEs.
- Buy With Confidence National Team led by a Project Manager.
- Total FTEs: 2.5.
Business Support and Innovation (Projects & Programmes)
- One Business Support and Innovation Group Manager (Projects & Programmes), who leads:
- Two Business Support and Innovation (Projects & Programmes) Team Managers.
- Business Support and Innovation (Projects & Programmes) team.
- Total FTEs: 15 (not including Group Manager).
Heart of the South West Growth Hub
- One Team Manager.
- Total FTEs: 5.6 (including Team Manager).
Operations Manager (Intelligence and Investigations)
The Operations Manager (Intelligence and Investigations) oversees the following teams:
Intelligence and Investigations
- Overseen by Intelligence and Investigations Group Manager.
- Two Intelligence and Investigations teams, each with a Team Manager:
- Team one: 6.6 FTEs.
- Team two: 10.36 FTEs.
Intelligence and Performance
One Intelligence and Performance Team Manager who leads:
- Intelligence Unit.
- Allocations Unit.
- Total FTEs: 8.8.
Legal Process Manager
No team reports to the Legal Process Manager.
Operational Support Team Manager
The Operational Support Team Manager manages the Operational Support team. This team has 6.4 FTEs including the Team Manager.
Total FTEs in the service: 95.06.