Senior Markets Service Officer

Senior Markets Service Officer – Find Yourself in Hackney Skip to content Find Yourself in Hackney jobs and careers Menu Home Job search Leadership Opportunities Our Council Hackney Council and the Borough Join Hackney’s Transformation Team Join Hackney’s ICT Service Join Hackney’s Adult Services Join Children and Families Services Rebuilding a better Hackney Our Values What we offer Where we work Apprenticeships and Placements Management Trainee Programme Apprenticeships Apprenticeship Blog Placements Free job-finding support Find Yourself in Hackney > Job search > Senior Markets Service Officer Senior Markets Service Officer Send this job to a friend Print this page Recruitment privacy notice Job details Salary - Grade GBP £44,331 to £45,696 44331 - SO2 Contract Type Fixed Term / Secondment Contract Length 12 Months Contracted Hours Full Time - 36 hours per week DBS Required No Department Climate, Homes and Economy Service Street Scene Closing date 12/11/2026 Apply Now Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity – 12 Months Be a Leader in the UK’s Most Awarded Markets Service Hackney is one of the most dynamic and progressive local authorities in the UK. We are a resilient, vibrant, and creative borough in the heart of London, with strong, diverse communities and a powerful set of shared values. Over the past twenty years, the Council has built up first-class services, outstanding public infrastructure, and a reputation for excellence, innovation, and ambition. We are leading the way on essential work such as our fight for equity in Hackney with a particular focus on becoming an actively anti-racist borough. But the work doesn’t stop there, we are proactive in our approach to bringing fairness to all aspects of life including gender, neurodiversity and across the poverty divide. Hackney’s markets are part of the identity of the borough. From established destinations such as Broadway Market and Ridley Road to neighbourhood trading locations across Hackney, they support independent businesses, create jobs, bring people into our town centres and high streets and provide affordable routes into entrepreneurship. Our Markets, Shop Fronts & Street Trading Service has received 22 national awards in seven years and has built a national reputation for innovation, sustainability and support for small businesses. We are now looking for a Senior Markets Service Officer who can help us build on that success. This is an opportunity to lead busy frontline operations, work directly with businesses and communities and make decisions that have an immediate and visible impact on Hackney’s streets. The role No two days will be the same. You could start the morning deploying officers and preparing a market for opening, work with a new trader to resolve a licensing issue, tackle an operational problem on site, support a business experiencing difficulties and finish the day reviewing occupancy, income or compliance performance. You will be one of the senior operational figures representing the Council across our markets and street trading locations. You will help ensure our sites are safe, welcoming, commercially successful and professionally run, while balancing the different needs of traders, residents, visitors and the wider community. Your responsibilities will include: – Leading frontline operations, coordinating activity on site and making sound decisions when issues arise. – Supporting and developing colleagues, setting clear standards and helping officers and operational teams deliver a confident and consistent service. – Building strong relationships with traders, helping existing businesses succeed and supporting new entrepreneurs into trading. – Growing occupancy and income, identifying opportunities to fill pitches, attract new traders and strengthen the commercial performance of our markets. – Managing licensing and compliance, carrying out inspections, resolving problems proportionately and escalating enforcement wher