Licensing Officer
Salary: £32,654 - £38,626 pa (Plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £1,239 pa)
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 28 Oct 2024 12:00
Interview date: W/C 4 Nov 2024
Ref: CS1670
About the role:
Horsham District Council is looking for a Licensing Officer to join a small but busy team in the Environmental Health & Licensing department, dealing with the effective and efficient discharge of licensing functions. Day to day activities will be centred around, but not limited to, the Licensing Act 2003, Gambling Act 2005, pavement licensing, scrap metal and legislation regulating the licensing of private hire and hackney carriage drivers, vehicles and operators.
As Licensing Officer you will take a technical lead and assist the Principal Licensing Officer and wider team in carrying out the Council’s licensing administration, routine activities, and enforcement duties in connection with the licensing of premises, persons and specialist function/s of the Licensing Service.
Your work will involve dealing with a variety of enquiries, applications, inspection of vehicles, undertaking proactive/reactive compliance visits to licensed premises and co-ordinating the representation process where appropriate. This will involve the writing and presenting reports at committee hearings and supporting legal representatives at appeal, tribunals, magistrates’ courts.
Whilst based predominantly at the Council Offices, the post holder will be required to work some evenings and weekends as necessary, sometimes at short notice.
About you:
To succeed as Licensing Officer you will possess excellent working knowledge and understanding of the various legislative frameworks and be competent and experienced in dealing with licensing data systems.
You will have an organised approach to casework and a focus on delivering excellent customer service, alongside experience of working collaboratively with internal and external partners. You will have the ability to problem-solve, adapt to competing priorities and maintain confidentiality.
As an experienced professional you will also be able to competently advise licence holders, the public and officers of the Council on licensing requirements and confidently investigate complaints; gathering and recording evidence to build case files for assessment of further action. A full UK car driving licence and access to a vehicle is required.
For an informal discussion about this role please call Charlene Ellis, Principal Licensing Officer on Charlene.ellis@horsham.gov.uk 01403 215604.
About us:
We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody.
We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work life balance by offering 28 days’ (207.2 hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable.
We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary.
To support employees’ professional development the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Master of Business Administration (MBA).
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To apply:
If you would like to apply for the role, we highly recommend you show clearly within the ‘Experience Section’ of the application form how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the Role Profile when applying. If you do not make this clear, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for interview.
Internal applicants, if you would like to apply for the role, please submit an expression of interest to HR@horsham.gov.uk explaining clearly how you meet the criteria and what you feel you can bring to the role.