Senior Licensing Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Kirkby-in-Ashfield; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Ashfield District Council seeks a Senior Licensing Officer to join the Licensing Team and lead compliance checks and enforcement across licences.

The role covers taxi, alcohol, entertainment, street trading, scrap metal, charitable collections, pavement licences and gambling with a hybrid working pattern. Evening/weekend hours may be required and collaboration with other authorities’ licensing teams is possible.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulatory enforcement role.
• Knowledge of licensing legislation is essential.
• Regulatory approach that seeks practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Carry out compliance checks and enforcement actions on licences, permits and registrations.
• Take proportionate enforcement action on complaints and non-compliance witnessed by Authorized Officers.
• Take appropriate action on contentious licence applications.
• Work outside normal days and hours, and outside the district, when assisting other authorities' licensing teams.
• Help colleagues with day-to-day Service activities, including licence applications and general enquiries.
• Build knowledge and resilience within the Licensing Team.
• Work closely with the Licensing Manager.

Skills

Regulatory enforcement experience

Knowledge of licensing legislation

Job description

This Senior Licensing Officer post sits in the Licensing Team at Ashfield District Council, which covers taxi, alcohol and entertainment, street trading, scrap metal, charitable collections, pavement licences and gambling. The work centres on compliance checks and enforcement against licence holders, including acting on complaints and contentious applications, and helping colleagues with applications and enquiries. The role is hybrid, but may require evenings, weekends and work for other authorities' licensing teams. Fit depends on knowledge of licensing legislation and experience in a regulatory enforcement role.

What the job involves

• Carry out compliance checks and enforcement actions on licences, permits and registrations
• Take proportionate enforcement action on complaints and non-compliance witnessed by Authorised Officers
• Take appropriate action on contentious licence applications
• Work outside normal days and hours, and outside the district, when assisting other authorities' licensing teams
• Help colleagues with day-to-day Service activities, including licence applications and general enquiries
• Build knowledge and resilience within the Licensing Team
• Work closely with the Licensing Manager

Experience

• Experience of working in a regulatory enforcement role

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of licensing legislation
• Regulatory and commercial approach to enforcement that finds solutions benefiting all parties

What's offered

• Hybrid working, with the option to work from home