Assistant Licensing and Enforcement Officer

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Job Title: Assistant Licensing & Enforcement Officer

Directorate: Environmental & Community Services

Department: Licensing Section

Salary: Grade D - £25,992 to £28,624 per year (pay award pending)

Contract Status: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Long Eaton Town Hall, Derby Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 1HU

Hybrid working is available.

About the Role

An opportunity has arisen within the Directorate for Environmental and Community Services for an Assistant Licensing and Enforcement Officer. Our Licensing team work to protect the safety of residents and visitors, whilst supporting businesses and licence holders to operate safely and efficiently.

The primary purpose of this post is to support the delivery of the full range of licensing functions, ensuring compliance with national legislation, guidance and local policies. As an Assistant Licensing and Enforcement Officer, you will be instrumental in ensuring that the council meets its statutory obligations, taking regulatory and enforcement action where requirements are not met as well as offering advice and guidance where needed.

About You

If you are positive and passionate about delivering high class, customer-focused services and ambitious about licensing and its significant contribution to the safety of our communities then we’d like to hear from you. Experience of working in a regulatory field and partnership working in resolving issues are key.

You will be working with our statutory partners, licensed premises & taxi/ private hire trades, other regulating bodies and Erewash Community Safety Partnership to improve services to customers and ensure a safe and welcoming borough to live, work and visit.

To succeed in this role, you will need to have and demonstrate the following skills and abilities:

• Experience of working in a regulatory team with an enforcing authority preferably dealing with licensing enforcement
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of processing licensing applications or equivalent
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with information technology systems

Key Responsibilities

This is an interesting and varied role, and the main responsibilities include:

• Check that applications are correctly completed and legally valid before being processed and ensure renewal letters are sent out in-line with licence conditions.

• Answer enquiries and complaints from the public and local traders ensuring that accurate information is given out.

• Organise events so that local businesses, officers and members can be made aware of their licensing responsibilities.

• Collate data to ensure statutory returns are completed timely.

• Ensure the smooth running of the office administration, ordering materials, postal duties, preparing and producing and chasing invoices.

• Support licensing officers to undertake routine checks of vehicles and premises to help assess whether a licence should be granted and the compliance with licence conditions.

• When required arrange and invigilate the council’s taxi and private hire knowledge test.

For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity please contact Carolyn Singleton, Licensing Manager on 0115 907 1104 or email carolyn.singleton@erewash.gov.uk

Benefits of Working for Us

In addition to a competitive salary, you will also have access to:

• Generous annual leave package – 29 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays a year
• Free workplace car parking within the Borough
• Opportunities for training, learning and continuous professional development
• Family friendly flexible and hybrid working policies available
• Option to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) plus access to a salary sacrifice scheme for added voluntary pension contributions
• Discounted leisure membership with the Fit for Work scheme
• Access to an employee benefits discount and salary sacrifice scheme

The closing date for applications is Friday 25 July 2025 at midnight. Interviews will be held week commencing 11 August 2025.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can apply with a CV and a supporting statement, clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role.

You will be requested to provide some basic information before you upload your CV.

For further information about working for Erewash Borough Council and how to apply for this job please visit our website at https://www.erewash.gov.uk/jobs-section/jobs.html

Alternatively, an application form and job description are available from Human Resources, Erewash Borough Council, Town Hall, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5RP, Telephone: 0115 931 6000 (24 hr. voicemail) or e-mail: jobs@erewash.gov.uk

If you are a current employee of Erewash Borough Council and you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must apply through your Employee Self Service account. If you do not have access to Employee Self Service, you must complete a paper or word version of Erewash Borough Council’s job application form.

The Council is positive about disabled people and those who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview.

The Council also supports the Armed Forces Covenant and those who have previously worked in the armed forces and meet the essential shortlisting criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Please ensure that you make it clear on your application form that you wish to be considered under these criteria.