Licensing Officer

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The Role

The post requires an experienced professional with a background in regulation and compliance, with knowledge of a range of Local Authority Licensing functions, including Licensing Act 2003, Gambling Act, Taxi and Private Hire Licensing, Pavement Licensing, Scrap Metal and other Miscellaneous Licences and Registrations.

The post-holder will work under the direction of the Senior Licensing Officer, with responsibility for delivery of a personal case load, including responding to service requests and enquiries, inspection of licensed premises, regulation of the local licensed trade and complaint investigation. The successful candidate will be required to work as part of a team, organise and manage own workload and complete priorities effectively.

This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are 37 hours per week, working Monday to Friday. However due to the nature of the role, evening and weekend work will be required in line with business needs.

This post is based at Lancaster Town Hall, with the option of hybrid working available dependant on the needs of the service. We would be happy to accept applications for part time hours.

A full current driving licence is essential, you will be required to sign up to the authorised external DVLA driving licence validation organisation that we use to manage and monitor our employees’ driving licence data.

Flexible working friendly – we offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and opportunity to work with your team to establish working hours to enable you to maximise your work-life balance.

About You

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

Our Benefits

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.

Interview date: TBC