Licensing Compliance Officer – Part-Time Police

Sussex Police; Brighton; Presencial; GBP 36.000 - 39.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Career progression

LGPS pension

Annual leave

Healthcare discounts

On-site gyms

Parental leave

Wellbeing support

Descripción de la vacante

Sussex Police in Brighton is seeking a part-time Licensing Officer to join the Licensing Unit at John Street. The role focuses on ensuring venues comply with the Licensing Act 2003, liaising with the Licensing Authority, and supporting hearings and prosecutions.

You will work 18 hours weekly (Wednesday 4 hrs, Thu-Fri 7 hrs per day) with some evening/weekend flexibility. A Level or equivalent, strong communication skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders are essential.

Formación

• Educated to A Level or equivalent experience or recent and relevant experience within a Licensing environment.
• Excellent communications skills to liaise, negotiate and present recommendations to key stakeholders and senior management teams.
• Over a period of time, achieve a Level 4 Police Alcohol Licensing Officers (PALO) qualification.
• You must have previous experience of working with key stakeholders to negotiate and influence key decisions.
• High standard of written communication so you can produce detailed prosecution and case files for hearings and any other documentation as required.
• Experience of gathering and assessing information from a wide range of sources to allow you to make informed recommendations and present relevant evidence at court.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with proven experience of working to specified deadlines.
• Good computer and administration skills as the role will require extensive use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and a number of other computer programs and systems.
• You must be confident with presenting and public speaking as you will be required to present cases in a clear and methodical manner to the Public Committees and provide evidence at court on behalf of Sussex Police.
• Self-motivated with the ability to use your own initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of Licensing legislation and guidance would be desirable or the ability to understand and interpret this so it can be implemented appropriately.
• Ability to work within a team.
• Some travel within Sussex will be required and very occasionally outside of Sussex so you must have a full clean driving licence.

Responsabilidades

• You will develop joint working procedures with the Licensing Authority as appropriate determining the division's strategy towards Licensing applications, enforcement and prosecution.
• You will advise supervision on respective positions to take on all matters affecting Licensing legislation/ applications and city-wide events.
• You will represent Sussex Police at joint-agency meetings, Council Committee and Magistrate Court hearings, acting as an expert witness when required.
• Conducting in person visits to licensed venues in order to carry out licence inspections.
• You will monitor licensing related incidents as part of the National Intelligence Model process, maintaining and interpreting appropriate databases, and identifying issues which have operational significance.
• You will act as a specialist adviser in relation to all licensing matters as appropriate.
• You will effectively liaise with the Licensing Officers, Supervision and Director of Service in the Council Local Authority's and other Responsible Authorities, as necessary.
• You will prepare documentation to support licensing enforcement, including Premises License Review Applications as required by supervisors, producing evidence bundles and meeting all statutory timeframes required by this process, producing appeals to Magistrates Court, objections to personal and premises licenses, and the statutory police consultative role.
• Work with Managers and staff within licenced premises to ensure the premises licence is being adhered too - supporting and educating to ensure the premises is operated effectively and safely.
• Manage all functions of the Licensing Unit and support colleagues.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may be reasonably required, including specific duties of a similar or lesser graded post.

Conocimientos

Excellent communications

Public speaking

Stakeholder management

Time management

IT skills

Educación

A Level or equivalent

Herramientas

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Descripción del empleo

Sussex Police in Brighton is seeking a part-time Licensing Officer to join the Licensing Unit at John Street. The role focuses on ensuring venues comply with the Licensing Act 2003, liaising with the Licensing Authority, and supporting hearings and prosecutions.

You will work 18 hours weekly (Wednesday 4 hrs, Thu-Fri 7 hrs per day) with some evening/weekend flexibility. A Level or equivalent, strong communication skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders are essential.