Licensing Officer

Licensing Officer

Location: Cotswolds, this role will require regular travel to support all three districts (Cirencester, West Oxfordshire & Forest of Dean).

Agile Working Available.

Permanent, Full time. Job share considered

**About the role**

As a Licensing Officer, your responsibilities will include conducting statutory consultations, managing and attending committees and hearings. You'll also collaborate with external partners such as the Police and County Council, to undertake investigations and enforcement actions, including serving notices and giving evidence in court when necessary.

This is a critical position where your expertise and ability to manage various licensing processes will directly impact our community. If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity in a supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you

You will carry out site visits, work to tight deadlines managing your own time and workload.

You will need experience in all matters of licensing legislation and a full working knowledge of the Licensing Act 2003.

**Responsibilities..**
- Deal with complex service requests, which may require detailed knowledge of a specific functional area across the organisation.
- Maintain an understanding of appropriate legislation, policy, procedure, business requirements and guidelines.
- Ensure all relevant customer and company information is captured and recorded accurately.
- Planning and prioritising workloads in order to meet agreed short term objectives.
- Carry out duties with discretion, integrity and maintain confidentiality.
- Understand and demonstrate commitment in delivering the key performance indicators within the function.

**You will need**
- A minimum qualification equivalent to NVQ level 3 or A level, and three years relevant experience. Preferably an animal qualification level 3 for inspection of license activities involving animals.
- In-depth knowledge of licensing legislation, particularly the Licensing Act 2003
- Knowledge and experience in assessing complex situations and carrying out inspections.

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

**Special Conditions**
- Ability to travel, with a full UK Driving Licence
- Flexibility to work at various Publica Group locations as required
- Willingness to work additional hours in line with service needs

**Who are we**

Publica is a unique place to work - we’re a local government organisation with a twist Publica wants to transform the way local services are delivered. To help do this we have started to fundamentally rethink the way we design our services in the digital era so that Publica is a customer focused organisation driven by real user needs.

**What can we do for you**
- Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
- Flexible working arrangements _(depending on the role)_
- 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
- Renewed again for another year there is a Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
- Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
- Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
- Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
- Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
- Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

These are just a handful of the benefits that you can enjoy when you join us

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