Senior Licensing Officer

As a Senior Licensing Officer, you will help shape and improve the licensing service to ensure we provide a consistent and effective service across the area.

The Licensing Team is responsible for managing South Gloucestershire Council’s licensing service which covers a wide range of licensing functions throughout the local community from alcohol licenses, gambling premises and the licensing of taxi and private hire drivers and vehicles. 

What will you be doing?

• Daily, you will provide advice to a wide range of service users including council colleagues, local business, and members of the community, ensuring that strong relationships are established and maintained.
• You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a small team of Licensing Officers and Assistants.
• Under the guidance of the Licensing Services Manager, you will undertake some frontline operational work.
• Regularly, you will provide clear and consistent technical guidance to colleagues to ensure work remains at a high standard.
• Where necessary, you will contribute towards and develop procedures and innovative solutions for any technical issues which may arise.
• Occasionally, you will work within the local community outside of office hours.

• We require you to have a relevant degree qualification (or equivalent), or be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of licensing enforcement.
• You must have considerable experience in licensing, and you will be capable of taking the lead in areas of licensing.
• Ideally, you will have experience of managing people or projects, although this is not essential.

• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• We trust our team to work in the way which allows them to make the biggest difference and we continue to invest in technology to help staff do their jobs to the best of their ability and celebrate innovation.
• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities 
  
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.  

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
• We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
• We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. 

We’re making a difference, be part of it!