Senior Licensing Officer

Job Introduction

Senior Licensing Officer

Are you an experienced licensing professional looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a Senior Licensing Officer to help lead the delivery of Northumberland County Council's licensing service.

Working within the Public Protection Licensing Team, you will supervise Licensing Officers and Licensing Assistants, ensuring the effective delivery of statutory licensing functions across the county. You will manage a varied workload which may include licensing applications, investigations, enforcement activity, committee work, partnership working with agencies such as Police and HMRC, and supporting the development of service improvements.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong licensing knowledge, supervisory experience, excellent communication skills and a passion for public protection.

What we are looking for:

• Good standard of general education, including at least five GCSEs (Grade C/4 or above) or equivalent.
• Significant experience of interpreting, applying and enforcing licensing legislation and regulations.
• Experience supervising staff and allocating work within a professional or technical service environment.

Why Choose us:

We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
• A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available

Further information:

For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email BOCPeople@northumberland.gov.uk with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of our team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated confidentially and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.

Alternative application format:

British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net

For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930

Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.