Licensing Enforcement Officer

This role is suitable for an experienced licensing enforcement officer. It is a 6 month fixed term contract initially based in Corby but this is subject to review. The role will cover many aspects of licensing enforcement including Licensing Act 2003 and Taxis and the postholder will be expected to have a knowledge of relevant legislation. You are expected to have good communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to work on your own initiative. Full requirement details can be found in the job description and person specification.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

 

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

What will you be doing?

You will be investigating licensing complaints, visiting licensed premises and monitoring licensed taxis and private hire vehicles. You will be recommending action for non compliances.

About you

You are expected to have good communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to work on your own initiative. You will understand the legal processes relating to Licensing and be able to communicate these at an appropriate level to our customers. You will need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle to be able to carry out your duties. There may be some requirement for out of hours working.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)