In addition to a varied job, a good salary and sponsorship opportunities to get you started, a career in trading standards normally offers some additional benefits too, such as:
flexible work arrangements (flexi-time), allowing for a comfortable work-life balance
job sharing and annualised hours (where you tot up your required work hours over a year rather than a day)
opportunities for home-working
car lease schemes
defined benefit/final salary scheme
generous paternity and maternity leave arrangements