East Staffordshire Borough Council aims to recruit and retain the most talented people to enable us to deliver high quality services for our residents. A career with East Staffordshire Borough Council offers rewarding and challenging opportunities in a wide range of roles and the chance to make a difference to the lives of local people. As an employee, you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working and opportunities to learn and develop new skills.

The role of Licensing Officer is responsible for the day to day operation of the Council's licensing systems and processes, ensuring competent, timely and efficient administration. The Licensing Officer will carry out their professional duties by the application of appropriate laws protecting the public, providing a fair and safe business environment to ensure and enforce compliance. The role will also involve processing applications, issuing licenses under delegated powers, carrying out compliance inspections and initiatives, visits and investigations of areas of activity, such as Private Hire and Hackney Carriage trade, The Licensing Act 2003, The Gambling Act 2005, Street trading consents and others as required.

The successful applicant should have a good general level of education, ie 5 GCSE's or equivalent, demonstrate good organisational skills and be calm under pressure. You should also have the ability to work as part of a team.

You should possess knowledge of local authority licensing functions; experience/ability to understand/interpret legislation and experience in working to deadlines along with good IT skills.

East Staffordshire Borough Council has a commitment to the Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check.

This is a temporary position until 30 September 2019.

Supporting documents
Policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
Job Description & person specification